Summer savory · Nador, Oriental, Morocco
When to plant summer savory in Nador
Main outdoor window
24 Feb - 17 Mar
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
17 February
In Nador, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
25 Apr - 10 May
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 Nador
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.
Start indoors
6-27 Jan
Six weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.
Sow direct
24 Feb - 17 Mar
One week after your last frost.
Plant out
24 Feb - 17 Mar
One week after your last frost.
Harvest
25 Apr - 10 May
Summer savory through the year
Against the frost risk in Nador
Why these dates
Killed by the first frost.
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. Summer savory are timed from 6 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 1 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Nador.
The median frost-free season here is 303 days, against 60 to 75 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
Growing summer savory in Nador
When should I plant summer savory in Nador?
Aim for 24 Feb - 17 Mar in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 1-22 Mar - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will summer savory be ready to harvest in Nador?
Expect to start picking around 25 Apr - 10 May, based on 60 to 75 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will summer savory tolerate?
Killed by the first frost.