Shungiku · Tangier, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to plant shungiku 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.
Shungiku through the year
Against the frost risk in Tangier
Why these dates
Sow from three weeks before the last frost and every two to three weeks. Cut at 15cm and it regrows twice before running to its yellow daisy flowers.
Hardy to about -5C. It bolts quickly in long days and heat, so spring and autumn sowings are the productive ones.
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. Shungiku are timed for direct sowing 3 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 shungiku in Tangier
How much frost will shungiku tolerate?
Hardy to about -5C. It bolts quickly in long days and heat, so spring and autumn sowings are the productive ones.