Chervil · Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
When to plant chervil in Lahore
Main outdoor window
30 Dec - 13 Jan
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
27 January
In Lahore, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
28 Feb - 20 Mar
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 Lahore
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.
Sow direct
30 Dec - 13 Jan
Four weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
28 Feb - 20 Mar
Chervil through the year
Against the frost risk in Lahore
Why these dates
Sow direct in succession from four weeks before the last frost, then stop for high summer and resume in late summer. An autumn sowing under cover picks through winter.
Tolerates about -8C and grows through mild winters in a cold frame, which is when it is at its best.
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. Chervil are timed for direct sowing 4 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Lahore.
Growing chervil in Lahore
When should I plant chervil in Lahore?
Aim for 30 Dec - 13 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 9-23 Jan - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will chervil be ready to harvest in Lahore?
Expect to start picking around 28 Feb - 20 Mar, based on 60 to 80 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will chervil tolerate?
Tolerates about -8C and grows through mild winters in a cold frame, which is when it is at its best.