Purple sprouting broccoli · Maoming, Guangdong, China
When to plant purple sprouting broccoli in Maoming
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
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Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Maoming, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Maoming
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.
Purple sprouting broccoli through the year
Against the frost risk in Maoming
Why these dates
Sow around ten weeks after the last spring frost, plant out into firm ground, and leave it standing all winter. Spears come in late winter and early spring, months after sowing.
Hardy to roughly -12C and needs a cold period to initiate spears at all, so a mild winter can leave the plant leafy and unproductive.
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. Purple sprouting broccoli are timed for direct sowing 10 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Maoming.
Also in Maoming
Other vegetables to time
Growing purple sprouting broccoli in Maoming
How much frost will purple sprouting broccoli tolerate?
Hardy to roughly -12C and needs a cold period to initiate spears at all, so a mild winter can leave the plant leafy and unproductive.