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Allium chinense
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
Guides
- How to Plant Pickling Shallot Bulbs in Autumn: Depth, Spacing and Soil
- Pickling Shallot Care: Watering, Feeding and Weeding a Low-Input Crop
- Hilling Pickling Shallot: Earthing Up for Long White Bulbs
- Pickling Shallot Growing Calendar: Autumn Planting to Early Summer Lifting
- Pickling Shallot Problems: Rot, Rust, Thrips and Soil Diseases
- When and How to Harvest Pickling Shallot Bulbs Before They Sprout
Common problems
Start from what you can see on the plant.
Pests and diseases (17)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Rust
Disease
Small raised orange-yellow to red-brown pustules form on both leaf surfaces, then rupture and release powdery spores. Heavy infection yellows the leaves and kills them early.
Southern Blight
Disease
The stem rots at soil level and white silky mycelium spreads over the crown and the surrounding soil surface. Brown sclerotia the size of rapeseed then form and the plant wilts and dies rapidly.
Bacterial Soft Rot
Disease
The crown or the head becomes water-soaked and soft, then collapses into a slimy mush. The rotting tissue gives off a distinctive foul odor.
Root Rot
Disease
Fine roots rot brown to blackish brown, growth stops and the lower leaves yellow. The plant wilts easily in the daytime and eventually dies outright.
Root-knot Nematode
Pest
The plant wilts in the daytime and does not recover with feeding or watering. Pull it up and the roots carry beaded chains of galls of varying size with few fine roots.
Gray Mold
Disease
Water-soaked brown lesions form on flowers, fruit and leaves, densely covered by a fuzzy gray mold. Fruit rots and drops, and decay continues in storage after harvest.
