Chinese artichoke · Al Hoceïma, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to plant chinese artichokes in Al Hoceïma
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Al Hoceïma, 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 Al Hoceïma
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.
Chinese artichokes through the year
Against the frost risk in Al Hoceïma
Why these dates
Plant tubers around the last frost date and leave undisturbed all season. Lift after the top growth has died back in late autumn, and expect to miss a few.
Tubers are hardy to about -8C in the ground and are best left there and dug as needed, since they shrivel quickly once lifted.
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. Chinese artichokes are timed with planting out 0 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Al Hoceïma.
Also in Al Hoceïma
Other vegetables to time
Growing chinese artichokes in Al Hoceïma
How much frost will chinese artichokes tolerate?
Tubers are hardy to about -8C in the ground and are best left there and dug as needed, since they shrivel quickly once lifted.