Scorzonera · Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
When to plant scorzonera in Santiago de Querétaro
Main outdoor window
14 Jan - 4 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
28 January
In Santiago de Querétaro, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
1 Oct - 31 Mar
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 Santiago de Querétaro
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
14 Jan - 4 Feb
Two weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
1 Oct - 31 Mar
Scorzonera through the year
Against the frost risk in Santiago de Querétaro
Why these dates
Very hardy. Left in the ground and lifted through winter.
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. Scorzonera are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Santiago de Querétaro.
Santiago de Querétaro sits in zone 10a, which is milder than this crop wants, and a winter that never really arrives is its own problem. The dates below still describe the right time of year; the open question is survival rather than timing.
Do not expect a crop in the first year. A plant set out now should give its first worthwhile pick around year 1, and will then produce every year after that, which is what makes the planting decision worth getting right the first time.
Nearby
Scorzonera in places close by
Also in Santiago de Querétaro
Other vegetables to time
Growing scorzonera in Santiago de Querétaro
When should I plant scorzonera in Santiago de Querétaro?
Aim for 14 Jan - 4 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 4-25 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will scorzonera be ready to harvest in Santiago de Querétaro?
Expect to start picking around 1 Oct - 31 Mar, based on 120 to 150 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will scorzonera tolerate?
Very hardy. Left in the ground and lifted through winter.