Cavolo nero · Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
When to plant cavolo nero in Chandigarh
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Chandigarh, 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 Chandigarh
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.
Cavolo nero through the year
Against the frost risk in Chandigarh
Why these dates
Treated exactly like kale: sow from six weeks before the last frost for summer picking, and again in midsummer for the plants that carry you through winter.
Hardy to about -12C. Repeated frosts convert starch to sugar and the leaf becomes noticeably sweeter, so the winter crop is the better one.
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. Cavolo nero are timed from 6 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 Chandigarh.
Also in Chandigarh
Other vegetables to time
Growing cavolo nero in Chandigarh
How much frost will cavolo nero tolerate?
Hardy to about -12C. Repeated frosts convert starch to sugar and the leaf becomes noticeably sweeter, so the winter crop is the better one.