Rapini · Taganrog, Rostov, Russia
When to plant rapini in Taganrog
Main outdoor window
15 Mar - 5 Apr
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
29 March
In Taganrog, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
1 May - 30 Nov
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 Taganrog
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
12 Aug - 2 Sep
Counting back 69 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.
Sow direct
15 Mar - 5 Apr
Two weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
1 May - 30 Nov
Rapini through the year
Against the frost risk in Taganrog
Why these dates
Sow from two weeks before the last frost and again from late summer. Warm weather pushes it into flower before the plant has any bulk, so the autumn sowing is the better one.
Hardy to about -6C. Cold weather is what keeps the buds tight, so a frosty autumn produces the best heads.
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. Rapini are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Taganrog.
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 Taganrog
Other vegetables to time
Growing rapini in Taganrog
When should I plant rapini in Taganrog?
Aim for 15 Mar - 5 Apr in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 22 Mar - 12 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will rapini be ready to harvest in Taganrog?
Expect to start picking around 1 May - 30 Nov, based on 40 to 55 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will rapini tolerate?
Hardy to about -6C. Cold weather is what keeps the buds tight, so a frosty autumn produces the best heads.