Shallot · Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, México, Mexico
When to plant shallots in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
Main outdoor window
29 Dec - 19 Jan
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
9 February
In Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
29 Mar - 28 Apr
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 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
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 for overwintering
15 Jun - 6 Jul
Counting back 134 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.
Sow direct
29 Dec - 19 Jan
Six weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
29 Mar - 28 Apr
Shallots through the year
Against the frost risk in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
Why these dates
Plant sets six weeks before the last frost, or in autumn in mild-winter regions for an earlier and larger crop. Push them in rather than burying them - the tip should be just visible.
Sets and young growth take -12C easily. Autumn-planted shallots overwinter through most temperate climates without protection.
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. Shallots are timed for direct sowing 6 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl.
The median frost-free season here is 281 days, against 90 to 120 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
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Growing shallots in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
When should I plant shallots in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl?
Aim for 29 Dec - 19 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 17 Jan - 7 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will shallots be ready to harvest in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl?
Expect to start picking around 29 Mar - 28 Apr, based on 90 to 120 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will shallots tolerate?
Sets and young growth take -12C easily. Autumn-planted shallots overwinter through most temperate climates without protection.