Winter savory · Ksar El Kebir, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to plant winter savory in Ksar El Kebir
Main outdoor window
3-31 Mar
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
17 February
In Ksar El Kebir, 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 Ksar El Kebir
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
3-31 Mar
Two weeks after your last frost.
Harvest
1 May - 31 Oct
Winter savory through the year
Against the frost risk in Ksar El Kebir
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 Ksar El Kebir.
Ksar El Kebir sits in zone 10a, 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.
Growing winter savory in Ksar El Kebir
When should I plant winter savory in Ksar El Kebir?
Aim for 3-31 Mar in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 13 Mar - 10 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will winter savory be ready to harvest in Ksar El Kebir?
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.