Fenugreek · Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
When to plant fenugreek in Mexico City
Main outdoor window
9-23 Feb
A climate estimate. Check your soil, forecast and cultivar.
Timed from last spring frost
9 February
In Mexico City, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
11 Mar - 10 May
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 Mexico City
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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
15 Jul - 5 Aug
Counting back 104 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.
Sow direct
9-23 Feb
Around your last frost.
Harvest
11 Mar - 10 May
Fenugreek through the year
Against the frost risk in Mexico City
Seasonal context
Rainfall and the growing season in Mexico City
July has the highest average precipitation (156 mm); December has the lowest (6 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.
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 Mexico City
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.
| Month | Average low | Average high | Frost days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C (39.3°F)39.3°F (4°C) | 19.3°C (66.7°F)66.7°F (19.3°C) | 1.3 |
| February | 5°C (41°F)41°F (5°C) | 21.7°C (71°F)71°F (21.7°C) | 0.7 |
| March | 6.5°C (43.6°F)43.6°F (6.5°C) | 24°C (75.2°F)75.2°F (24°C) | 0.2 |
| April | 8.6°C (47.4°F)47.4°F (8.6°C) | 25.9°C (78.6°F)78.6°F (25.9°C) | 0.0 |
| May | 10.1°C (50.2°F)50.2°F (10.1°C) | 26°C (78.8°F)78.8°F (26°C) | 0.0 |
| June | 10.5°C (51°F)51°F (10.5°C) | 23.5°C (74.4°F)74.4°F (23.5°C) | 0.0 |
| July | 10°C (50.1°F)50.1°F (10°C) | 21.5°C (70.8°F)70.8°F (21.5°C) | 0.0 |
| August | 10°C (49.9°F)49.9°F (10°C) | 21.1°C (70.1°F)70.1°F (21.1°C) | 0.0 |
| September | 9.7°C (49.4°F)49.4°F (9.7°C) | 20.3°C (68.5°F)68.5°F (20.3°C) | 0.0 |
| October | 7.8°C (46.1°F)46.1°F (7.8°C) | 20°C (68°F)68°F (20°C) | 0.3 |
| November | 5.9°C (42.6°F)42.6°F (5.9°C) | 19.6°C (67.3°F)67.3°F (19.6°C) | 0.8 |
| December | 4.6°C (40.4°F)40.4°F (4.6°C) | 19.2°C (66.6°F)66.6°F (19.2°C) | 0.8 |
For fenugreek, 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 fenugreek for Mexico City
- July is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 156 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 fenugreek
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.
- Check the local overnight forecast before planting out. Delay planting or keep protection ready if frost is forecast, even after the historical last-frost date.
- 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.
Choose a leafy methi crop or a seed crop before sowing
Choose a drained seedbed and keep establishment steady without leaving the roots in wet ground. Seed production needs a suitable ripening period, including warm dry conditions; a quick leaf harvest is not evidence that mature seed will succeed in the same season.
Reserve uncut plants for pods and examine their drying stage before harvesting seed. For leaf production, record the texture and recovery after cutting instead of assuming all varieties tolerate the same repeated harvest. Keep culinary growing advice separate from medicinal claims.
What to record this season
Did the crop provide the intended leaves or fully ripened seed before weather changed? Add the cultivar, sowing date and conditions to your growing record so you can compare next season.
Further reading: NC State Extension: Trigonella foenum-graecum . 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 plant identity and cultivation. Its regional calendar months and hardiness observations do not validate the calculated dates for another location.
How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy
Why these dates
Choose a drained seedbed and keep establishment steady without leaving the roots in wet ground. Seed production needs a suitable ripening period, including warm dry conditions; a quick leaf harvest is not evidence that mature seed will succeed in the same season.
Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.
This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Fenugreek are timed for direct sowing 0 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Mexico City.
The median frost-free season here is 281 days, against 30 to 90 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 fenugreek in Mexico City
Can I grow fenugreek in Mexico City?
The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. July is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 156 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 fenugreek in Mexico City?
Aim for 9-23 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 6-20 Mar - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When might fenugreek be ready to harvest in Mexico City?
The estimated period is 11 Mar - 10 May, based on 30 to 90 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 fenugreek tolerate?
Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.