Salsify · Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
When to plant salsify in Dehradun
Main outdoor window
13 Jan - 3 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
27 January
In Dehradun, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
13 May - 12 Jun
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 Dehradun
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
13 Jan - 3 Feb
Two weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
13 May - 12 Jun
Salsify through the year
Against the frost risk in Dehradun
Why these dates
Sow direct two weeks before the last frost. Do not transplant - the taproot forks if disturbed and becomes unusable.
Very hardy, to -15C, and left in the ground over winter to be lifted as required.
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. Salsify are timed for direct sowing 2 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Dehradun.
The median frost-free season here is 335 days, against 120 to 150 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
Also in Dehradun
Other vegetables to time
Growing salsify in Dehradun
When should I plant salsify in Dehradun?
Aim for 13 Jan - 3 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 31 Jan - 21 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will salsify be ready to harvest in Dehradun?
Expect to start picking around 13 May - 12 Jun, based on 120 to 150 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will salsify tolerate?
Very hardy, to -15C, and left in the ground over winter to be lifted as required.