SHALLOT Chicken Leg of Poitou

Species: Shallot
Latin name: Allium Cepa L.
Inscription in the European catalog under: Cuisse de Poulet du Poitou - Zébrune
Other usual name: Cuisses de poulet - Cuisse de Poulet de Zébrune - Echalion Zébrune - en. Banana Shallot - Shallot Chicken's Leg - de. Echailon Zébrune
Variety: Chicken Leg of Poitou
Family: Alliacée, (Liliaceous)
Origin: Europe and Asia

Chicken leg of Poitou: Variety from the area of Poitou, with a large long bulb with a coppered skin and its firm flesh of pink color, his flavor is delicate, fine and very mild. Excellent for making Shallot Curtney's. Very good and long storage-time.

Seed sowing: From February to April
Harvest of Shallots: From August to September
Height: -
Exposure: Sunny

In areas of hard winters: Seed sowing in place of 1 cm depth and 30 cm in line from the end of February to April. In areas of soft winters: Seed sowing in place of 1 cm in depth and 30 cm in line from mid-August to mid-September. Clear up every 10 cm. As soon as leaves start to turn yellow, cut back the foliage on the ground for a better exposure of the bulb to the sun which will concentrate the juice in the onion, as soon as the foliage is dry, you can start collecting and let them them dry for 8 to 10 days, don't forget to turn them if they dry on the grown. Cut leaves and roots, preserve onions from moisture in small cages.

Sowing distance: 10 cm by 30 cm
Minimum seed sowing temperature: 19°C to 21°C
Seed germination: 15 to 20 days
Nutritional value: 21 Kcal for 100 gr.

Net weight of seeds: 4 gr = +/- 1000 seeds

All our seeds are sold with their sowing instructions.