Summer savory · Ürümqi, Xinjiang, China
When to plant summer savory in Ürümqi
Main outdoor window
20 Apr - 11 May
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
13 April
In Ürümqi, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
19 Jun - 4 Jul
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 Ürümqi
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.
Start indoors
2-23 Mar
Six weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.
Sow direct
20 Apr - 11 May
One week after your last frost.
Plant out
20 Apr - 11 May
One week after your last frost.
Harvest
19 Jun - 4 Jul
Summer savory through the year
Against the frost risk in Ürümqi
Why these dates
Killed by the first 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. Summer savory are timed from 6 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 1 weeks after it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Ürümqi.
The median frost-free season here is 192 days, against 60 to 75 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
Growing summer savory in Ürümqi
When should I plant summer savory in Ürümqi?
Aim for 20 Apr - 11 May in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 2-23 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will summer savory be ready to harvest in Ürümqi?
Expect to start picking around 19 Jun - 4 Jul, based on 60 to 75 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will summer savory tolerate?
Killed by the first frost.