Daikon · Muş, Muş, Turkey

When to plant daikon in Muş

Main outdoor window

9-23 Jun

A climate estimate. Check your soil, forecast and cultivar.

Timed from last spring frost

14 April

In Muş, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

8-28 Aug

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 Muş

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Import into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Dates use the selected risk level and are planning estimates, not frost alerts.

Each window is a planning range. Check the forecast, soil and cultivar before planting; a later date is not automatically safer in hot or wet conditions.

Sow for autumn

13 Jul - 3 Aug

Counting back 94 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.

Sow direct

9-23 Jun

Eight weeks after your last frost.

Harvest

8-28 Aug

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 21 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.
Frost tolerance
Hardy
Damaged below
-8°C (17.6°F)
Days to maturity
60–80
Min soil temp
10°C (50°F)
Spacing
15 cm
Sowing depth
15 mm (0.6 in)
Sun
Full

Daikon through the year

Against the frost risk in Muş

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Seasonal context

Rainfall and the growing season in Muş

January has the highest average precipitation (96 mm); August has the lowest (3 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.

Jan 96 mm
Feb 91 mm
Mar 93 mm
Apr 89 mm
May 61 mm
Jun 16 mm
Jul 5 mm
Aug 3 mm
Sep 11 mm
Oct 53 mm
Nov 66 mm
Dec 93 mm

During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.

Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.

Monthly growing conditions in Muş

Compare the planting window with the local temperature pattern. These are historical monthly averages, not this year's forecast or measured soil temperatures. Average frost days do not tell you whether a particular night will freeze.

NASA POWER climate averages, 1995–2024
MonthAverage lowAverage highFrost days
January -7.1°C (19.1°F) 1.5°C (34.7°F) 29.8
February -5.7°C (21.7°F) 3.3°C (38°F) 25.1
March -0.8°C (30.6°F) 8.7°C (47.6°F) 16.9
April 4°C (39.3°F) 14.8°C (58.7°F) 3.0
May 8.6°C (47.5°F) 20.7°C (69.2°F) 0.0
June 13.7°C (56.7°F) 28.9°C (84°F) 0.0
July 18.3°C (65°F) 35.2°C (95.4°F) 0.0
August 18.9°C (66°F) 35.1°C (95.2°F) 0.0
September 14.2°C (57.5°F) 29.1°C (84.4°F) 0.0
October 8.3°C (46.9°F) 20.9°C (69.6°F) 0.4
November 1.2°C (34.1°F) 12.1°C (53.7°F) 10.4
December -3.9°C (25°F) 4.9°C (40.8°F) 25.4

For daikon, also check drainage, sunlight and cultivar requirements. See the rainfall context above; humidity, irrigation and local pest pressure are not calculated.

Local growing check

Before choosing daikon for Muş

  • January is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 96 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.

The temperature and rainfall tables on this page show the underlying climate estimates. How these suitability checks work · Record what happens in your garden.

Before you plant daikon

Use the calendar to plan ahead, then check the conditions in your own garden.

  • Measure the soil at sowing depth. Aim for at least 10°C (50°F); the calendar estimates soil warmth from air temperatures and cannot measure your bed.
  • Frost tolerance does not make saturated or frozen soil suitable for planting. Wait until the bed can be worked without smearing or compacting it.
  • Use the maturity range on your seed packet when choosing a variety. Cold, short days and transplant stress can make harvest later than the calendar estimate.

Give a long radish a deep, unobstructed root run

Prepare enough loose soil depth for the expected root and thin seedlings to their final spacing. A shallow pot cannot accommodate a long-rooted cultivar.

Keep moisture steady and lift a sample at usable size. Loosen soil carefully before pulling a large root so it does not snap and leave the lower part behind.

What to record this season

Did the prepared soil depth match the actual root length? Add the cultivar, sowing date and conditions to your growing record so you can compare next season.

Further reading: NC State Extension Plant Toolbox: Raphanus sativus . General crop guidance; local dates on this site are calculated separately. Source checked 19 September 2026 by Safe to Plant; this is not an expert review.

The reference describes crop identity and cultivation. North Carolina planting dates are not local dates for other regions.

How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy

Why these dates

Prepare enough loose soil depth for the expected root and thin seedlings to their final spacing. A shallow pot cannot accommodate a long-rooted cultivar.

Cold tolerance varies with cultivar, plant age, acclimatisation and the duration of a freeze. A plant surviving frost does not mean its leaves, heads, flowers or developing crop will remain undamaged. Check the forecast and the variety's local advice.

This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Daikon are timed for direct sowing 8 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Muş.

The median frost-free season here is 205 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.

See every crop timed for Muş →

Growing daikon in Muş

Can I grow daikon in Muş?

The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. January is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 96 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.

When should I plant daikon in Muş?

Aim for 9-23 Jun in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 20 Jun - 4 Jul - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When might daikon be ready to harvest in Muş?

The estimated period is 8-28 Aug, based on 60 to 80 days from the modeled planting date. Cultivar, planting material and growing conditions can change this interval; check the plant as well as the calendar.

How much frost will daikon tolerate?

Cold tolerance varies with cultivar, plant age, acclimatisation and the duration of a freeze. A plant surviving frost does not mean its leaves, heads, flowers or developing crop will remain undamaged. Check the forecast and the variety's local advice.