Epazote · Beijing, Beijing, China
When to plant epazote in Beijing
Main outdoor window
15 Apr - 6 May
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
8 April
In Beijing, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
14 Jun - 4 Jul
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 Beijing
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
15 Apr - 6 May
One week after your last frost.
Harvest
14 Jun - 4 Jul
Epazote through the year
Against the frost risk in Beijing
Why these dates
Killed by frost, having usually already scattered enough seed to return.
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. Epazote are timed for direct sowing 1 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Beijing.
The median frost-free season here is 203 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.
Growing epazote in Beijing
When should I plant epazote in Beijing?
Aim for 15 Apr - 6 May in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 27 Apr - 18 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will epazote be ready to harvest in Beijing?
Expect to start picking around 14 Jun - 4 Jul, based on 60 to 80 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will epazote tolerate?
Killed by frost, having usually already scattered enough seed to return.