Chervil · Ağrı, Ağrı, Turkey
When to plant chervil in Ağrı
Main outdoor window
18 Apr - 2 May
A climate estimate. Check your soil, forecast and cultivar.
Timed from last spring frost
16 May
In Ağrı, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
17 Jun - 7 Jul
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 Ağrı
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Import into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Dates use the selected risk level and are planning estimates, not frost alerts.
Each window is a planning range. Check the forecast, soil and cultivar before planting; a later date is not automatically safer in hot or wet conditions.
Sow direct
18 Apr - 2 May
Four weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
17 Jun - 7 Jul
Chervil through the year
Against the frost risk in Ağrı
Seasonal context
Rainfall and the growing season in Ağrı
May has the highest average precipitation (59 mm); August has the lowest (16 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.
During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.
Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.
Monthly growing conditions in Ağrı
Compare the planting window with the local temperature pattern. These are historical monthly averages, not this year's forecast or measured soil temperatures. Average frost days do not tell you whether a particular night will freeze.
| Month | Average low | Average high | Frost days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.2°C (10°F)10°F (-12.2°C) | -2.5°C (27.4°F)27.4°F (-2.5°C) | 31.0 |
| February | -11.3°C (11.7°F)11.7°F (-11.3°C) | -1°C (30.2°F)30.2°F (-1°C) | 28.2 |
| March | -5.8°C (21.6°F)21.6°F (-5.8°C) | 4.4°C (39.9°F)39.9°F (4.4°C) | 29.9 |
| April | -1.2°C (29.9°F)29.9°F (-1.2°C) | 10.7°C (51.2°F)51.2°F (10.7°C) | 19.7 |
| May | 3°C (37.3°F)37.3°F (3°C) | 16°C (60.7°F)60.7°F (16°C) | 4.4 |
| June | 7.4°C (45.3°F)45.3°F (7.4°C) | 22.9°C (73.3°F)73.3°F (22.9°C) | 0.2 |
| July | 10.9°C (51.6°F)51.6°F (10.9°C) | 28.1°C (82.5°F)82.5°F (28.1°C) | 0.0 |
| August | 11.6°C (52.8°F)52.8°F (11.6°C) | 28.5°C (83.3°F)83.3°F (28.5°C) | 0.0 |
| September | 7.3°C (45.2°F)45.2°F (7.3°C) | 22.5°C (72.6°F)72.6°F (22.5°C) | 0.5 |
| October | 2.1°C (35.9°F)35.9°F (2.1°C) | 14.5°C (58.1°F)58.1°F (14.5°C) | 8.2 |
| November | -3.6°C (25.6°F)25.6°F (-3.6°C) | 6.6°C (43.8°F)43.8°F (6.6°C) | 26.5 |
| December | -8.7°C (16.4°F)16.4°F (-8.7°C) | 0.6°C (33.1°F)33.1°F (0.6°C) | 30.9 |
For chervil, also check drainage, sunlight and cultivar requirements. See the rainfall context above; humidity, irrigation and local pest pressure are not calculated.
Local growing check
Before choosing chervil for Ağrı
- May is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 59 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.
The temperature and rainfall tables on this page show the underlying climate estimates. How these suitability checks work · Record what happens in your garden.
Before you plant chervil
Use the calendar to plan ahead, then check the conditions in your own garden.
- Measure the soil at sowing depth. Aim for at least 5°C (41°F); the calendar estimates soil warmth from air temperatures and cannot measure your bed.
- Frost tolerance does not make saturated or frozen soil suitable for planting. Wait until the bed can be worked without smearing or compacting it.
- Use the maturity range on your seed packet when choosing a variety. Cold, short days and transplant stress can make harvest later than the calendar estimate.
Use the cool season for delicate chervil leaves
Sow where it will grow, or into its final container, because moving established roots can check growth. Seed needs light for germination; avoid burying it deeply. Keep the surface moist while seedlings emerge.
Provide drained soil and a position with suitable light that does not dry rapidly. Pick tender leaves for immediate use and watch for slug damage among young seedlings. Keep the crop labelled rather than identifying edible foliage from resemblance to other carrot-family plants.
What to record this season
Which sowing season gave the longest period of delicate usable leaves? Add the cultivar, sowing date and conditions to your growing record so you can compare next season.
Further reading: NC State Extension: Anthriscus cerefolium . General crop guidance; local dates on this site are calculated separately. Source checked 19 September 2026 by Safe to Plant; this is not an expert review.
The reference describes plant identity and cultivation. Its regional calendar months and hardiness observations do not validate the calculated dates for another location.
How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy
Why these dates
Sow where it will grow, or into its final container, because moving established roots can check growth. Seed needs light for germination; avoid burying it deeply. Keep the surface moist while seedlings emerge.
Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.
This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Chervil are timed for direct sowing 4 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Ağrı.
The calendar also applies a soil-warming estimate derived from historical air temperatures. Where that estimate is later than the frost-based date, it delays the window. Soil in your own garden can warm earlier or later; a thermometer at sowing depth is a better final check. Cold, wet conditions can slow germination and increase decay risk.
The median frost-free season here is 145 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.
Growing chervil in Ağrı
Can I grow chervil in Ağrı?
The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. May is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 59 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.
When should I plant chervil in Ağrı?
Aim for 18 Apr - 2 May in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 4-18 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When might chervil be ready to harvest in Ağrı?
The estimated period is 17 Jun - 7 Jul, based on 60 to 80 days from the modeled planting date. Cultivar, planting material and growing conditions can change this interval; check the plant as well as the calendar.
How much frost will chervil tolerate?
Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.