Caraway · Jalandhar, Punjab, India
When to plant caraway in Jalandhar
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Jalandhar, 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 Jalandhar
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.
Caraway through the year
Against the frost risk in Jalandhar
Why these dates
Sow direct three weeks before the last frost, or in late summer for seed the following year. Do not transplant - the taproot resents it and the plant bolts.
Overwinters reliably to about -20C, which it must do to flower at all.
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. Caraway are timed for direct sowing 3 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Jalandhar.
This is a two-season crop, so the dates above describe a sowing in one year and a harvest in the next. The plant spends the winter in the ground as a small rosette, which is why the frost-free season in Jalandhar does not limit it the way it would limit a tomato: it is not trying to finish before the cold arrives, it is trying to be well enough rooted to sit through it. Sowing too late is the real risk, because a plant that goes into winter undersized often fails to flower at all the following year.
Growing caraway in Jalandhar
How much frost will caraway tolerate?
Overwinters reliably to about -20C, which it must do to flower at all.