Purslane · Zhu Cheng City, Shandong, China
When to plant purslane in Zhu Cheng City
Main outdoor window
14 Apr - 12 May
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
31 March
In Zhu Cheng City, 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 Zhu Cheng City
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 Apr - 12 May
Two weeks after your last frost.
Harvest
1 Jun - 30 Sep
Purslane through the year
Against the frost risk in Zhu Cheng City
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 Zhu Cheng City.
The median frost-free season here is 226 days, against 40 to 55 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
Also in Zhu Cheng City
Other vegetables to time
Growing purslane in Zhu Cheng City
When should I plant purslane in Zhu Cheng City?
Aim for 14 Apr - 12 May in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 25 Apr - 23 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will purslane be ready to harvest in Zhu Cheng City?
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.