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Fenugreek · Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China

When to plant fenugreek in Lianyungang

Main outdoor window

22 Mar - 5 Apr

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

22 March

In Lianyungang, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

21 Apr - 20 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 Lianyungang

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

23 Jul - 13 Aug

Counting back 104 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.

Sow direct

22 Mar - 5 Apr

Around your last frost.

Harvest

21 Apr - 20 Jun

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 21 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.
Frost tolerance
Half-hardy
Damaged below
-3°C (26.6°F)
Days to maturity
30–90
Min soil temp
10°C (50°F)
Spacing
10 cm
Sowing depth
10 mm (0.4 in)
Sun
Full

Fenugreek through the year

Against the frost risk in Lianyungang

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Frost risk Autumn sowing Sow direct Harvest Today

Why these dates

Sow direct at the last frost date and every three weeks after for leaves. For seed, sow once early enough to allow ninety days before the first frost.

Seedlings tolerate a light frost to about -3C; the seed crop needs a frost-free finish.

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. Fenugreek are timed for direct sowing 0 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Lianyungang.

The median frost-free season here is 248 days, against 30 to 90 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

See every crop timed for Lianyungang →

Growing fenugreek in Lianyungang

When should I plant fenugreek in Lianyungang?

Aim for 22 Mar - 5 Apr in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 4-18 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will fenugreek be ready to harvest in Lianyungang?

Expect to start picking around 21 Apr - 20 Jun, based on 30 to 90 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will fenugreek tolerate?

Seedlings tolerate a light frost to about -3C; the seed crop needs a frost-free finish.