Nasturtium · Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
When to sow nasturtiums in Lahore
Main outdoor window
3-17 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
27 January
In Lahore, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
25 Mar - 9 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 Lahore
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
3-17 Feb
One week after your last frost.
In flower
25 Mar - 9 Apr
Nasturtiums through the year
Against the frost risk in Lahore
Why these dates
Direct sow after last frost. The large seed germinates readily and transplanting is unnecessary.
Frost-tender throughout. Often the first plant in the garden to signal that a frost occurred overnight.
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. Nasturtiums are timed for direct sowing 1 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Lahore.
Also in Lahore
Other flowers to time
Growing nasturtiums in Lahore
When should I plant nasturtiums in Lahore?
Aim for 3-17 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 13-27 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will nasturtiums be ready to harvest in Lahore?
Expect to start picking around 25 Mar - 9 Apr, based on 50 to 65 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will nasturtiums tolerate?
Frost-tender throughout. Often the first plant in the garden to signal that a frost occurred overnight.