Cassava · Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

When to plant cassava in Saltillo

Main outdoor window

27 Feb - 27 Mar

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

13 February

In Saltillo, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

1 Nov - 31 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 Saltillo

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.

Plant cuttings

27 Feb - 27 Mar

Two weeks after your last frost.

Harvest

1 Nov - 31 Mar

Frost tolerance

Tender

Damaged below

0°C (32°F)

Days to maturity

240–330

Hardy to

Zone 9b–11a

Min soil temp

20°C (68°F)

Spacing

90 cm

Sun

Full

Cassava through the year

Against the frost risk in Saltillo

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Why these dates

Killed by frost. Genuinely tropical, and not a temperate garden crop under any management.

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. Cassava are timed with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Saltillo.

Hardiness is not the obstacle here. Saltillo is zone 9b, comfortably inside the range this crop is rated for, so an established plant should come through an average winter without protection.

The median frost-free season here is 297 days, against 240 to 330 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

Cassava in places close by

Santa Catarina 59 km Monterrey 72 km San Nicolás de los Garza 76 km Guadalupe 77 km Ciudad General Escobedo 78 km Ciudad Apodaca 89 km

Also in Saltillo

Other vegetables to time

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

Growing cassava in Saltillo

When should I plant cassava in Saltillo?

Aim for 27 Feb - 27 Mar in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 25 Mar - 22 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will cassava be ready to harvest in Saltillo?

Expect to start picking around 1 Nov - 31 Mar, based on 240 to 330 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will cassava tolerate?

Killed by frost. Genuinely tropical, and not a temperate garden crop under any management.