Salsify · Tangier, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to plant salsify in Tangier
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Tangier, 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 Tangier
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.
Salsify through the year
Against the frost risk in Tangier
Why these dates
Sow direct two weeks before the last frost. Do not transplant - the taproot forks if disturbed and becomes unusable.
Very hardy, to -15C, and left in the ground over winter to be lifted as required.
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. Salsify are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Tangier.
Also in Tangier
Other vegetables to time
Growing salsify in Tangier
How much frost will salsify tolerate?
Very hardy, to -15C, and left in the ground over winter to be lifted as required.