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Shallots are grown across 370 acres of light, sandy soils in eastern England namely; Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Bedfordshire. The shallot growing year starts at the end of the February in the UK, as soon as the soil starts to warm up and the shallots are harvested throughout July and August... Because shallots are a specialist crop, they require a great deal of care from sowing the seeds or plants to harvesting the bulbs and storing them... We have to make sure that the number of shallot plants in a field is just right - too many and the shallots will be too small, too few and the shallots will be too big. It is also important that the plants are allowed to grow without too much interference so that they produce the best possible results - good for the environment and for you.