Coriander · Ludhiana, Punjab, India
When to plant coriander in Ludhiana
Main outdoor window
25 Dec - 4 Jan
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
8 January
In Ludhiana, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
8 Feb - 5 Mar
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 Ludhiana
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.
Sow direct
25 Dec - 4 Jan
Two weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
8 Feb - 5 Mar
Coriander through the year
Against the frost risk in Ludhiana
Why these dates
Sow every two weeks from two weeks before last frost. The autumn sowing lasts far longer than any summer one, and in mild climates overwinters.
Takes -5C and grows happily in cool weather. Heat, not frost, is what ends a coriander plant.
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. Coriander are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Ludhiana.
Growing coriander in Ludhiana
When should I plant coriander in Ludhiana?
Aim for 25 Dec - 4 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 9-19 Jan - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will coriander be ready to harvest in Ludhiana?
Expect to start picking around 8 Feb - 5 Mar, based on 45 to 70 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will coriander tolerate?
Takes -5C and grows happily in cool weather. Heat, not frost, is what ends a coriander plant.