Sweet marjoram · Esna, Qena, Egypt
When to plant sweet marjoram in Esna
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Esna, 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 Esna
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.
Sweet marjoram through the year
Against the frost risk in Esna
Why these dates
Start indoors 8 weeks before the last frost and plant out afterwards. The seed is very fine and needs light to germinate, so surface-sow and do not cover.
Killed by the first frost. A perennial in frost-free climates, an annual everywhere else.
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. Sweet marjoram are timed from 8 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Esna.
Growing sweet marjoram in Esna
How much frost will sweet marjoram tolerate?
Killed by the first frost. A perennial in frost-free climates, an annual everywhere else.