Carrot · Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

When to plant carrots in Irapuato

Main outdoor window

28 Dec - 18 Jan

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

18 January

In Irapuato, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

26 Feb - 18 Mar

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Cautious Balanced Bold

Step by step in Irapuato

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 overwintering

18 Aug - 8 Sep

Counting back 94 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.

Sow direct

28 Dec - 18 Jan

Three weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

26 Feb - 18 Mar

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 21 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.

Frost tolerance

Hardy

Damaged below

-6°C (21.2°F)

Days to maturity

60–80

Min soil temp

7°C (44.6°F)

Spacing

5 cm

Sowing depth

12 mm (0.5 in)

Sun

Full

Carrots through the year

Against the frost risk in Irapuato

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Why these dates

Sow from three weeks before last frost. Keep the seedbed continuously damp for the two to three weeks germination takes - this single detail decides most carrot crops.

Seedlings tolerate -6C. Mature roots can be left in the ground under mulch and lifted through winter in all but the coldest zones.

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. Carrots are timed for direct sowing 3 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Irapuato.

The median frost-free season here is 327 days, against 60 to 80 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

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Nearby

Carrots in places close by

Celaya 59 km León de los Aldama 61 km Santiago de Querétaro 101 km Morelia 109 km Uruapan 158 km Aguascalientes 166 km

Also in Irapuato

Other vegetables to time

Tomatoes tender Lettuce half hardy Potatoes half hardy Courgettes tender Sweet peppers tender Cucumbers tender Green beans tender Peas hardy Garlic very hardy Chilli peppers tender Sweetcorn tender

Growing carrots in Irapuato

When should I plant carrots in Irapuato?

Aim for 28 Dec - 18 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 31 Jan - 21 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will carrots be ready to harvest in Irapuato?

Expect to start picking around 26 Feb - 18 Mar, based on 60 to 80 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will carrots tolerate?

Seedlings tolerate -6C. Mature roots can be left in the ground under mulch and lifted through winter in all but the coldest zones.