Beetroot · Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico
When to plant beetroot in Zapopan
Main outdoor window
12 Sep - 3 Oct
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Zapopan, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
26 December
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Zapopan
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Sow for autumn
12 Sep - 3 Oct
Counting back 84 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.
Beetroot through the year
Against the frost risk in Zapopan
Why these dates
Sow from three weeks before last frost, then every three weeks until ten weeks before first frost. Small roots taste better than large ones.
Seedlings take a light frost. Very early sowings into cold soil can trigger bolting later, so do not rush the first one.
Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Beetroot are timed for direct sowing 3 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Zapopan.
Also in Zapopan
Other vegetables to time
Growing beetroot in Zapopan
How much frost will beetroot tolerate?
Seedlings take a light frost. Very early sowings into cold soil can trigger bolting later, so do not rush the first one.