looks like it's gonna....... long story

[antipodes]

Sorry  ;D  Yes aka banana shallots, but I have been informed they are better known as 'chicken leg shallots' across the pond.

I am still trying to get them to divide, but at most I get 3 split-offs and not particularly large ones either.  They are better grown from seed like onions.  But I still try to get them to be more like real shallots. 

Well, I grow them every year??? and they always split for me. Maybe they just know when they are in French soil and make a patriotic effort :P  I just planted a bag of supermarket ones as they were going cheap. Might not work, but for 50p I figured I might get a few shallots for almost free!

[antipodes]

[galina]

 
antipodes,
you wrote

Well, I grow them every year??? and they always split for me. Maybe they just know when they are in French soil and make a patriotic effort :P  I just planted a bag of supermarket ones as they were going cheap. Might not work, but for 50p I figured I might get a few shallots for almost free!
eoq

How many split offs do you get?  As I said, here no more than 3, which is a lot less than ordinary shallots, which have up to 12.  How far apart do you space yours?  Perhaps I need to space them further apart.  It would be easier to grow them like shallots if I could and get more and bigger split offs.  Can't replicate French soil if that's the magic ingredient  ;D ;D ;D