Safe to Plant

Shiso · Cần Thơ, Can Tho City, Vietnam

When to plant shiso in Cần Thơ

Main outdoor window

not outdoors here

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

no spring frost

In Cần Thơ, 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 Cần Thơ

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.

Frost tolerance
Tender
Damaged below
0°C (32°F)
Days to maturity
70–90
Min soil temp
15°C (59°F)
Spacing
30 cm
Sowing depth
3 mm (0.1 in)
Sun
Full

Shiso through the year

Against the frost risk in Cần Thơ

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Why these dates

Killed by the first frost, like basil.

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. Shiso are timed from 6 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Cần Thơ.

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Growing shiso in Cần Thơ

How much frost will shiso tolerate?

Killed by the first frost, like basil.