Purslane · Najafgarh, Delhi, India
When to plant purslane in Najafgarh
Main outdoor window
21 Jan - 18 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
7 January
In Najafgarh, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
1 Jun - 30 Sep
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 Najafgarh
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
21 Jan - 18 Feb
Two weeks after your last frost.
Harvest
1 Jun - 30 Sep
Purslane through the year
Against the frost risk in Najafgarh
Why these dates
Sow onto warm soil two weeks after the last frost, barely covered. It germinates badly in cool ground and then grows very fast once summer arrives.
Killed outright at 0C. This is a high-summer crop with no cold tolerance at all.
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. Purslane are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Najafgarh.
Also in Najafgarh
Other vegetables to time
Growing purslane in Najafgarh
When should I plant purslane in Najafgarh?
Aim for 21 Jan - 18 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 27 Jan - 24 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will purslane be ready to harvest in Najafgarh?
Expect to start picking around 1 Jun - 30 Sep, based on 40 to 55 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will purslane tolerate?
Killed outright at 0C. This is a high-summer crop with no cold tolerance at all.