Cumin · Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān, Sharqia, Egypt
When to plant cumin in Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān, 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 Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān
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.
Cumin through the year
Against the frost risk in Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān
Why these dates
No frost tolerance. Killed at 0C.
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. Cumin are timed from 6 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān.
Growing cumin in Al ‘Āshir min Ramaḑān
How much frost will cumin tolerate?
No frost tolerance. Killed at 0C.