Cauliflower · Tétouan, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to plant cauliflowers in Tétouan
Main outdoor window
21 Jan - 11 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
4 February
In Tétouan, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
27 Mar - 26 Apr
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Tétouan
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.
Start indoors
17 Dec - 7 Jan
Seven weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.
Plant out
21 Jan - 11 Feb
Two weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
27 Mar - 26 Apr
Cauliflowers through the year
Against the frost risk in Tétouan
Why these dates
Steady moisture and steady temperature matter more than the exact sowing week. Autumn maturity is easier to achieve than spring in most climates.
Tolerates light frost but the curd itself is damaged below about -3C. Fold leaves over developing heads when frost threatens.
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. Cauliflowers are timed from 7 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Tétouan.
Also in Tétouan
Other vegetables to time
Growing cauliflowers in Tétouan
When should I plant cauliflowers in Tétouan?
Aim for 21 Jan - 11 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 21 Jan - 11 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will cauliflowers be ready to harvest in Tétouan?
Expect to start picking around 27 Mar - 26 Apr, based on 65 to 95 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will cauliflowers tolerate?
Tolerates light frost but the curd itself is damaged below about -3C. Fold leaves over developing heads when frost threatens.