Salsify · Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan
When to plant salsify in Kasur
Main outdoor window
13 Jan - 3 Feb
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
27 January
In Kasur, 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 Kasur
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 Kasur
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 Kasur.
Also in Kasur
Other vegetables to time
Growing salsify in Kasur
When should I plant salsify in Kasur?
Aim for 13 Jan - 3 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 13 Jan - 3 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will salsify be ready to harvest in Kasur?
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.