Best time to plant shallot in Port Lincoln
Allium cepa var. aggregatum
Also called French shallot, French red shallot
Sow shallot in Port Lincoln in Apr to May, Jul to Aug.
A shallot is a type of onion, grown for small clustered bulbs with a mild, sweet flavour, and treated as its own species until it was merged into Allium cepa in 2010. Australian usage can confuse: in New South Wales the word may mean a scallion, while 'French shallot' points to this plant.
When to sow in Port Lincoln
Port Lincoln, SA is in the temperate zone. Its months for shallot apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Port Lincoln
Frost usually arrives in Port Lincoln around mid July and finishes by early August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid June or as late as mid September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 5cm
- Plant spacing
- 15cm
- Row spacing
- 20cm
- Height
- 30cm
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.