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'Red Sun' Shallots
 
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Description: French-type with golden-red skin and reddish interior rings.
Days To Maturity: 80
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Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 01/09/2007 by ant - An experienced gardener

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Logan, Illinois, United States
Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

It's the only shallot I've ever grown and I love it. I'm growing some different ones this year so I'll see if they taste, grow or store differently. I lose about 1/4 of them in storage if I don't do anything but pull them and let them lay. If I trim them and separate them I only lose a few.
 

Reviewed on 02/05/2006 by plainsman - An experienced gardener

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Washington, Nebraska, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

Easy to grow, and multiplies well, disappears in the heat, but back the next year.
 




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