Spinach · Qujing, Yunnan, China

When to plant spinach in Qujing

Main outdoor window

15-29 Jan

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

26 February

In Qujing, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

24 Feb - 6 Mar

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Cautious Balanced Bold

Step by step in Qujing

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 overwintering

8-29 Sep

Counting back 64 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.

Sow direct

15-29 Jan

Six weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

24 Feb - 6 Mar

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 14 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.

Frost tolerance

Hardy

Damaged below

-9°C (15.8°F)

Days to maturity

40–50

Min soil temp

4.5°C (40.1°F)

Spacing

10 cm

Sowing depth

12 mm (0.5 in)

Sun

Partial

Spinach through the year

Against the frost risk in Qujing

Jan

Feb

Mar

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Dec

Spinach

Frost risk Autumn sowing Sow direct Harvest Today

Why these dates

Spring sowings must go in early - six weeks before last frost - to crop before bolting. The autumn sowing, six to eight weeks before first frost, is usually far more productive.

Overwinters under snow in zone 5 and regrows in spring. One of the few crops that genuinely prefers frost.

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. Spinach are timed for direct sowing 6 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Qujing.

The median frost-free season here is 279 days, against 40 to 50 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

See every crop timed for Qujing →

Nearby

Spinach in places close by

Kunming 118 km Xingyi 121 km Liupanshui 162 km Zhaotong 204 km Chuxiong 230 km Anshun 231 km

Also in Qujing

Other vegetables to time

Tomatoes tender Lettuce half hardy Potatoes half hardy Courgettes tender Sweet peppers tender Carrots hardy Cucumbers tender Green beans tender Peas hardy Garlic very hardy Chilli peppers tender Sweetcorn tender

Growing spinach in Qujing

When should I plant spinach in Qujing?

Aim for 15-29 Jan in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 1-15 Feb - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will spinach be ready to harvest in Qujing?

Expect to start picking around 24 Feb - 6 Mar, based on 40 to 50 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will spinach tolerate?

Overwinters under snow in zone 5 and regrows in spring. One of the few crops that genuinely prefers frost.