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Vietnamese coriander · Salé, Rabat-Salé-Kénitra, Morocco

When to plant vietnamese coriander in Salé

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Timed from last spring frost

no spring frost

In Salé, 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 Salé

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)
First crop
Year 1
Hardy to
Zone 10a–11a
Min soil temp
18°C (64.4°F)
Spacing
30 cm
Sun
Partial

Vietnamese coriander through the year

Against the frost risk in Salé

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Why these dates

Plant out after the last frost. Grows from cuttings in water within days; seed is rarely available and rarely needed.

No frost tolerance at all. Overwinter a cutting indoors rather than trying to protect the plant.

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. Vietnamese coriander are timed with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Salé.

Salé 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.

Do not expect a crop in the first year. A plant set out now should give its first worthwhile pick around year 1, and will then produce every year after that, which is what makes the planting decision worth getting right the first time.

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Growing vietnamese coriander in Salé

How much frost will vietnamese coriander tolerate?

No frost tolerance at all. Overwinter a cutting indoors rather than trying to protect the plant.