Sorrel · Kramatorsk, Donetsk, Ukraine
When to plant sorrel in Kramatorsk
Main outdoor window
26 Mar - 16 Apr
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
23 April
In Kramatorsk, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
1 Apr - 31 Oct
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 Kramatorsk
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
26 Mar - 16 Apr
Four weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
1 Apr - 31 Oct
Sorrel through the year
Against the frost risk in Kramatorsk
Why these dates
Sow direct four weeks before the last frost, or in autumn. Cut the whole plant back in midsummer for a fresh flush of tender leaves.
Very hardy, to about -20C, and often the first green thing in the garden.
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. Sorrel are timed for direct sowing 4 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Kramatorsk.
Hardiness is not the obstacle here. Kramatorsk is zone 5b, comfortably inside the range this crop is rated for, so an established plant should come through an average winter without protection.
Do not expect a crop in the first year. A plant set out now should give its first worthwhile pick around year 1, and will then produce every year after that, which is what makes the planting decision worth getting right the first time.
Growing sorrel in Kramatorsk
When should I plant sorrel in Kramatorsk?
Aim for 26 Mar - 16 Apr in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 5-26 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will sorrel be ready to harvest in Kramatorsk?
Expect to start picking around 1 Apr - 31 Oct, based on 60 to 80 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will sorrel tolerate?
Very hardy, to about -20C, and often the first green thing in the garden.