Nasturtium · Tétouan, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to sow nasturtiums in Tétouan
Main outdoor window
11-25 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
4 February
In Tétouan, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
2-17 Apr
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 Tétouan
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
11-25 Feb
One week after your last frost.
In flower
2-17 Apr
Nasturtiums through the year
Against the frost risk in Tétouan
Why these dates
Direct sow after last frost. The large seed germinates readily and transplanting is unnecessary.
Frost-tender throughout. Often the first plant in the garden to signal that a frost occurred overnight.
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. Nasturtiums are timed for direct sowing 1 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Tétouan.
Also in Tétouan
Other flowers to time
Growing nasturtiums in Tétouan
When should I plant nasturtiums in Tétouan?
Aim for 11-25 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 11-25 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will nasturtiums be ready to harvest in Tétouan?
Expect to start picking around 2-17 Apr, based on 50 to 65 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will nasturtiums tolerate?
Frost-tender throughout. Often the first plant in the garden to signal that a frost occurred overnight.