Winter savory · Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, México, Mexico
When to plant winter savory in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
Main outdoor window
23 Feb - 23 Mar
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
9 February
In Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
1 May - 31 Oct
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 Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
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.
Plant out
23 Feb - 23 Mar
Two weeks after your last frost.
Harvest
1 May - 31 Oct
Winter savory through the year
Against the frost risk in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
Why these dates
Hardy to about -20C in dry soil.
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. Winter savory are timed with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl.
Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl sits in zone 9b, 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 winter savory in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl
When should I plant winter savory in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl?
Aim for 23 Feb - 23 Mar in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 14 Mar - 11 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will winter savory be ready to harvest in Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl?
Expect to start picking around 1 May - 31 Oct, based on 80 to 100 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will winter savory tolerate?
Hardy to about -20C in dry soil.