Coriander · Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia
When to plant coriander in Lyubertsy
Main outdoor window
21 Apr - 1 May
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
3 May
In Lyubertsy, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
5-30 Jun
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 Lyubertsy
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 for autumn
24 Jun - 15 Jul
Counting back 84 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.
Sow direct
21 Apr - 1 May
Held back until the soil is warm enough for this crop. The frost date on its own would say 19 Apr, which is too cold for it to start.
Harvest
5-30 Jun
Coriander through the year
Against the frost risk in Lyubertsy
Why these dates
Sow every two weeks from two weeks before last frost. The autumn sowing lasts far longer than any summer one, and in mild climates overwinters.
Takes -5C and grows happily in cool weather. Heat, not frost, is what ends a coriander 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. Coriander are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Lyubertsy.
With one correction, which is the note at the top of the page: the offset alone would put this crop in soil that is still too cold for it. Where the frost date and the soil temperature disagree, the dates here follow the soil, because a seed in cold ground either rots or waits, and a sowing made a fortnight later usually overtakes it.
The median frost-free season here is 158 days, against 45 to 70 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
Growing coriander in Lyubertsy
When should I plant coriander in Lyubertsy?
Aim for 21 Apr - 1 May in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 4-14 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
Can I plant coriander earlier in Lyubertsy?
Frost is finished by about 19 Apr, but the soil is still too cold. Coriander will not start until it reaches 7°C (44.6°F), and here that is around 21 Apr. Going in earlier usually means seed that rots or transplants that sit and sulk, and a later sowing catches them up.
When will coriander be ready to harvest in Lyubertsy?
Expect to start picking around 5-30 Jun, based on 45 to 70 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will coriander tolerate?
Takes -5C and grows happily in cool weather. Heat, not frost, is what ends a coriander plant.