Cumin · Idkū, Beheira, Egypt
When to plant cumin in Idkū
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Idkū, 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 Idkū
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 Idkū
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 Idkū.
Growing cumin in Idkū
How much frost will cumin tolerate?
No frost tolerance. Killed at 0C.