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Kai-lan · Gustavo Adolfo Madero, Mexico City, Mexico

When to plant kai-lan in Gustavo Adolfo Madero

Main outdoor window

23 Feb - 9 Mar

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

1 Jul - 31 Oct

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 direct

23 Feb - 9 Mar

Two weeks after your last frost.

Harvest

1 Jul - 31 Oct

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
Half-hardy
Damaged below
-4°C (24.8°F)
Days to maturity
50–70
Min soil temp
10°C (50°F)
Spacing
30 cm
Sowing depth
10 mm (0.4 in)
Sun
Full

Kai-lan through the year

Against the frost risk in Gustavo Adolfo Madero

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Why these dates

Sow from two weeks after the last frost and again every three weeks. Cutting the main stem above a leaf brings a second flush of side shoots.

Takes a light frost around -4C. Cold makes the stems sweeter but slows them to a stop, so late sowings need a cloche to finish.

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. Kai-lan are timed for direct sowing 2 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 50 to 70 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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Nearby

Kai-lan in places close by

CuauhtĂ©moc 7 km Mexico City 7 km Azcapotzalco 8 km Tlalnepantla 10 km Iztacalco 11 km Miguel Hidalgo 12 km

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Growing kai-lan in Gustavo Adolfo Madero

When should I plant kai-lan in Gustavo Adolfo Madero?

Aim for 23 Feb - 9 Mar in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 20 Mar - 3 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will kai-lan be ready to harvest in Gustavo Adolfo Madero?

Expect to start picking around 1 Jul - 31 Oct, based on 50 to 70 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will kai-lan tolerate?

Takes a light frost around -4C. Cold makes the stems sweeter but slows them to a stop, so late sowings need a cloche to finish.