Mibuna · Najafgarh, Delhi, India
When to plant mibuna in Najafgarh
Main outdoor window
10 Dec - 7 Jan
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
7 January
In Najafgarh, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
1 May - 30 Nov
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 Najafgarh
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
10 Dec - 7 Jan
Four weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
1 May - 30 Nov
Mibuna through the year
Against the frost risk in Najafgarh
Why these dates
Sow alongside mizuna from four weeks before the last frost. It stands longer before bolting, so it suits the sowings that get left unpicked.
Hardy to roughly -8C. Frost tightens the flavour rather than damaging the leaf.
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. Mibuna are timed for direct sowing 4 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Najafgarh.
Also in Najafgarh
Other vegetables to time
Growing mibuna in Najafgarh
When should I plant mibuna in Najafgarh?
Aim for 10 Dec - 7 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 16 Dec - 13 Jan - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will mibuna be ready to harvest in Najafgarh?
Expect to start picking around 1 May - 30 Nov, based on 40 to 50 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will mibuna tolerate?
Hardy to roughly -8C. Frost tightens the flavour rather than damaging the leaf.