Safe to Plant

Mibuna · Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

When to plant mibuna in Srinagar

Main outdoor window

13 Mar - 10 Apr

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

10 April

In Srinagar, 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 Srinagar

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 for overwintering

14 Aug - 4 Sep

Counting back 64 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.

Sow direct

13 Mar - 10 Apr

Four weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

1 May - 30 Nov

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 14 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.
Frost tolerance
Hardy
Damaged below
-8°C (17.6°F)
Days to maturity
40–50
Min soil temp
4.5°C (40.1°F)
Spacing
20 cm
Sowing depth
6 mm (0.2 in)
Sun
Partial

Mibuna through the year

Against the frost risk in Srinagar

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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 Srinagar.

The median frost-free season here is 211 days, against 40 to 50 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 mibuna in Srinagar

When should I plant mibuna in Srinagar?

Aim for 13 Mar - 10 Apr in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 25 Mar - 22 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will mibuna be ready to harvest in Srinagar?

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.