Epazote · Marbella, Andalusia, Spain
When to plant epazote in Marbella
Main outdoor window
7-28 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
31 January
In Marbella, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
8-28 Apr
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 Marbella
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
7-28 Feb
One week after your last frost.
Harvest
8-28 Apr
Epazote through the year
Against the frost risk in Marbella
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 Marbella.
Growing epazote in Marbella
When should I plant epazote in Marbella?
Aim for 7-28 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 10 Feb - 3 Mar - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will epazote be ready to harvest in Marbella?
Expect to start picking around 8-28 Apr, 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.