Romanesco · Al Hoceïma, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to plant romanesco in Al Hoceïma
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Al Hoceïma, 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 Al Hoceïma
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.
Romanesco through the year
Against the frost risk in Al Hoceïma
Why these dates
Start indoors six weeks before the last frost and plant out around it, aiming for the head to form in the cooling weather of early autumn rather than in midsummer heat.
Hardy to about -5C. The curd itself is more tender than the leaves and browns after a hard frost, so cut once it is sized rather than leaving it out.
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. Romanesco are timed from 6 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 1 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Al Hoceïma.
Also in Al Hoceïma
Other vegetables to time
Growing romanesco in Al Hoceïma
How much frost will romanesco tolerate?
Hardy to about -5C. The curd itself is more tender than the leaves and browns after a hard frost, so cut once it is sized rather than leaving it out.