Taro · Málaga, Andalusia, Spain
When to plant taro in Málaga
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Málaga, 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 Málaga
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.
Taro through the year
Against the frost risk in Málaga
Why these dates
No frost tolerance. Needs 200 or more warm frost-free days, so outside the subtropics it rarely finishes.
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. Taro are timed with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Málaga.
Málaga sits in zone 11b, 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.
Also in Málaga
Other vegetables to time
Growing taro in Málaga
How much frost will taro tolerate?
No frost tolerance. Needs 200 or more warm frost-free days, so outside the subtropics it rarely finishes.