Sweet marjoram · Banī Suwayf, Beni Suweif, Egypt
When to plant sweet marjoram in Banī Suwayf
Main outdoor window
26 Jan - 16 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
12 January
In Banī Suwayf, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
27 Mar - 16 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 Banī Suwayf
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.
Start indoors
16 Nov - 7 Dec
Eight weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.
Plant out
26 Jan - 16 Feb
Two weeks after your last frost.
Harvest
27 Mar - 16 Apr
Sweet marjoram through the year
Against the frost risk in Banī Suwayf
Why these dates
Start indoors 8 weeks before the last frost and plant out afterwards. The seed is very fine and needs light to germinate, so surface-sow and do not cover.
Killed by the first frost. A perennial in frost-free climates, an annual everywhere else.
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. Sweet marjoram are timed from 8 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 Banī Suwayf.
Growing sweet marjoram in Banī Suwayf
When should I plant sweet marjoram in Banī Suwayf?
Aim for 26 Jan - 16 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 29 Jan - 19 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will sweet marjoram be ready to harvest in Banī Suwayf?
Expect to start picking around 27 Mar - 16 Apr, based on 60 to 80 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will sweet marjoram tolerate?
Killed by the first frost. A perennial in frost-free climates, an annual everywhere else.