Romanesco · Delhi, Delhi, India

When to plant romanesco in Delhi

Main outdoor window

30 Dec - 21 Jan

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

7 January

In Delhi, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

1 Sep - 30 Nov

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Cautious Balanced Bold

Step by step in Delhi

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.

Start indoors

25 Nov - 16 Dec

Six weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.

Transplant

30 Dec - 21 Jan

One week before your last frost.

Harvest

1 Sep - 30 Nov

Frost tolerance

Hardy

Damaged below

-5°C (23°F)

Days to maturity

75–100

Min soil temp

7°C (44.6°F)

Spacing

60 cm

Sowing depth

12 mm (0.5 in)

Sun

Full

Romanesco through the year

Against the frost risk in Delhi

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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 Delhi.

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Nearby

Romanesco in places close by

Ghāziābād 20 km Najafgarh 25 km Faridabad 28 km Meerut 59 km Gorakhpur 176 km Agra 181 km

Also in Delhi

Other vegetables to time

Tomatoes tender Lettuce half hardy Potatoes half hardy Courgettes tender Sweet peppers tender Carrots hardy Cucumbers tender Green beans tender Peas hardy Garlic very hardy Chilli peppers tender Sweetcorn tender

Growing romanesco in Delhi

When should I plant romanesco in Delhi?

Aim for 30 Dec - 21 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 31 Dec - 21 Jan - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will romanesco be ready to harvest in Delhi?

Expect to start picking around 1 Sep - 30 Nov, based on 75 to 100 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

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.