Cumin · Tétouan, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to plant cumin in Tétouan
Main outdoor window
18 Feb - 11 Mar
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
4 February
In Tétouan, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
29 May - 28 Jun
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
24 Dec - 14 Jan
Six weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.
Sow direct
18 Feb - 11 Mar
Two weeks after your last frost.
Plant out
18 Feb - 11 Mar
Two weeks after your last frost.
Harvest
29 May - 28 Jun
Cumin through the year
Against the frost risk in Tétouan
Why these dates
No frost tolerance. Killed at 0C.
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. Cumin are timed from 6 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Tétouan.
Growing cumin in Tétouan
When should I plant cumin in Tétouan?
Aim for 18 Feb - 11 Mar in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 18 Feb - 11 Mar - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will cumin be ready to harvest in Tétouan?
Expect to start picking around 29 May - 28 Jun, based on 100 to 130 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will cumin tolerate?
No frost tolerance. Killed at 0C.