Daikon · Gustavo Adolfo Madero, Mexico City, Mexico
When to plant daikon in Gustavo Adolfo Madero
Main outdoor window
6-20 Apr
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
9 February
In Gustavo Adolfo Madero, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
5-25 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 Gustavo Adolfo Madero
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 for autumn
25 Jul - 15 Aug
Counting back 94 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.
Sow direct
6-20 Apr
Eight weeks after your last frost.
Harvest
5-25 Jun
Daikon through the year
Against the frost risk in Gustavo Adolfo Madero
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 Gustavo Adolfo Madero.
The median frost-free season here is 281 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.
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Growing daikon in Gustavo Adolfo Madero
When should I plant daikon in Gustavo Adolfo Madero?
Aim for 6-20 Apr in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 1-15 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will daikon be ready to harvest in Gustavo Adolfo Madero?
Expect to start picking around 5-25 Jun, based on 60 to 80 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will daikon tolerate?
Stands to about -8C. In mild climates it holds in the ground all winter.