Bitter gourd · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
When to plant bitter gourds in São Paulo
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In São Paulo, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in São Paulo
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.
Bitter gourds through the year
Against the frost risk in São Paulo
Why these dates
Sow two weeks after the last frost onto warm soil, or start indoors four weeks before it. Grow up a strong trellis so the fruit hangs straight.
Killed at 0C and unhappy below 15C. In temperate summers it needs the warmest wall you have.
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. Bitter gourds are timed from 4 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for São Paulo.
Also in São Paulo
Other vegetables to time
Growing bitter gourds in São Paulo
How much frost will bitter gourds tolerate?
Killed at 0C and unhappy below 15C. In temperate summers it needs the warmest wall you have.