Brussels sprouts · Shantou, Guangdong, China
When to plant brussels sprouts in Shantou
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Shantou, 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 Shantou
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.
Brussels sprouts through the year
Against the frost risk in Shantou
Why these dates
Sow in spring for a harvest that begins after the first autumn frosts. Rushing this crop to maturity in warm weather gives loose, bitter sprouts.
Improves after frost and stands through -12C. This is the clearest example of a crop where the first autumn frost is a target rather than a deadline.
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. Brussels sprouts are timed from 6 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 0 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Shantou.
Also in Shantou
Other vegetables to time
Growing brussels sprouts in Shantou
How much frost will brussels sprouts tolerate?
Improves after frost and stands through -12C. This is the clearest example of a crop where the first autumn frost is a target rather than a deadline.