Mangetout · Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
When to plant mangetout in Chandigarh
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Chandigarh, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Chandigarh
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.
Mangetout through the year
Against the frost risk in Chandigarh
Why these dates
Sow five weeks before the last frost, and again every fortnight until early summer. Autumn sowings in mild climates overwinter for a very early crop.
The plant takes -6C. Flowers and young pods are damaged near -2C, so a late frost costs you the first picking rather than the plant.
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. Mangetout are timed for direct sowing 5 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Chandigarh.
Also in Chandigarh
Other vegetables to time
Growing mangetout in Chandigarh
How much frost will mangetout tolerate?
The plant takes -6C. Flowers and young pods are damaged near -2C, so a late frost costs you the first picking rather than the plant.