Orach · Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan
When to plant orach in Sialkot
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Sialkot, 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 Sialkot
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.
Orach through the year
Against the frost risk in Sialkot
Why these dates
Sow two weeks before the last frost and pinch the tips to keep it leafy. Left alone it reaches head height and goes to seed by midsummer.
Tolerates about -5C. Young plants take a spring frost without checking, which is why it can go in earlier than true spinach.
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. Orach are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Sialkot.
Also in Sialkot
Other vegetables to time
Growing orach in Sialkot
How much frost will orach tolerate?
Tolerates about -5C. Young plants take a spring frost without checking, which is why it can go in earlier than true spinach.