[Marcella]

“soaked it overnight in warm water, peeled all the papery stuff off and planted the cloves, pointy side up, about 8” apart, square.”

So, I should soak these bulbs in warm water overnight, then peel the papery stuff off these, then plant tomorrow?

[Black Agnes]

If you want to plant them, soak them in warmish water overnight. Sunday-Tuesday are root planting days this week so you might do that tomorrow night or Sunday night and plant them Sunday or Monday. Cover with about 1” of soil, loosely packed.

Just my opinion.

Not sure about peeling the papery stuff off shallots. It might not actually matter.

[JRandomFreeper]

You don't have to remove the papery stuff. It will be fine with it on.

Break them up into cloves if there are multiple cloves though. 5 shallots should yield at least 12 starts. Leave a bit of the root part when you break them up.

/johnny