Daikon · Colina, Santiago Metropolitan, Chile
When to plant daikon in Colina
Main outdoor window
22 Nov - 6 Dec
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
27 September
In Colina, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
21 Jan - 10 Feb
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 Colina
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
8 Feb - 1 Mar
Counting back 94 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.
Sow direct
22 Nov - 6 Dec
Eight weeks after your last frost.
Harvest
21 Jan - 10 Feb
Daikon through the year
Against the frost risk in Colina
Why these dates
Sow direct eight to ten weeks after the last frost, or better, ten weeks before the first autumn frost. Spring sowings almost always bolt.
Stands to about -8C. In mild climates it holds in the ground all winter.
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. Daikon are timed for direct sowing 8 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Colina.
The median frost-free season here is 249 days, against 60 to 80 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
Also in Colina
Other vegetables to time
Growing daikon in Colina
When should I plant daikon in Colina?
Aim for 22 Nov - 6 Dec in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 14-28 Dec - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will daikon be ready to harvest in Colina?
Expect to start picking around 21 Jan - 10 Feb, based on 60 to 80 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will daikon tolerate?
Stands to about -8C. In mild climates it holds in the ground all winter.