Daikon · Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
When to plant daikon 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.
Daikon through the year
Against the frost risk in Chandigarh
Why these dates
Sow direct eight to ten weeks after the last frost, or better, ten weeks before the first autumn frost. Spring sowings almost always bolt.
Stands to about -8C. In mild climates it holds in the ground all winter.
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. Daikon are timed for direct sowing 8 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Chandigarh.
Also in Chandigarh
Other vegetables to time
Growing daikon in Chandigarh
How much frost will daikon tolerate?
Stands to about -8C. In mild climates it holds in the ground all winter.