Safe to Plant

Yam · Quận Sáu, Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam

When to plant yams in Quận Sáu

Main outdoor window

not outdoors here

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

no spring frost

In Quận Sáu, 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 Quận Sáu

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)
Days to maturity
240–300
Hardy to
Zone 9a–11a
Min soil temp
20°C (68°F)
Spacing
90 cm
Sun
Full

Yams through the year

Against the frost risk in Quận Sáu

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Why these dates

No frost tolerance whatsoever.

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

Quận Sáu sits in zone 13b, 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.

See every crop timed for Quận Sáu →

Growing yams in Quận Sáu

How much frost will yams tolerate?

No frost tolerance whatsoever.