Epazote · Sonīpat, Haryana, India
When to plant epazote in Sonīpat
Main outdoor window
14 Jan - 4 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
7 January
In Sonīpat, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
15 Mar - 4 Apr
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 Sonīpat
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
14 Jan - 4 Feb
One week after your last frost.
Harvest
15 Mar - 4 Apr
Epazote through the year
Against the frost risk in Sonīpat
Why these dates
Killed by frost, having usually already scattered enough seed to return.
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. Epazote are timed for direct sowing 1 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Sonīpat.
Growing epazote in Sonīpat
When should I plant epazote in Sonīpat?
Aim for 14 Jan - 4 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 14 Jan - 4 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will epazote be ready to harvest in Sonīpat?
Expect to start picking around 15 Mar - 4 Apr, based on 60 to 80 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will epazote tolerate?
Killed by frost, having usually already scattered enough seed to return.