Tatsoi · Jinan, Shandong, China

When to plant tatsoi in Jinan

Main outdoor window

14 Mar - 11 Apr

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

4 April

In Jinan, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

1 May - 30 Nov

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 Jinan

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

14 Aug - 4 Sep

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

Sow direct

14 Mar - 11 Apr

Three weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

1 May - 30 Nov

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

-8°C (17.6°F)

Days to maturity

40–50

Min soil temp

4.5°C (40.1°F)

Spacing

20 cm

Sowing depth

6 mm (0.2 in)

Sun

Partial

Tatsoi through the year

Against the frost risk in Jinan

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Tatsoi

Frost risk Autumn sowing Sow direct Harvest Today

Why these dates

Sow from three weeks before the last frost, and again in late summer for the crop that matters. Autumn sowings hold in good condition for weeks.

Hardy to about -8C and often found still green under snow, the low rosette acting as its own insulation.

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. Tatsoi are timed for direct sowing 3 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Jinan.

The median frost-free season here is 217 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 Jinan →

Nearby

Tatsoi in places close by

Tai’an 55 km Laiwu 79 km Liaocheng 92 km Zibo 96 km Jining 145 km Dongying 159 km

Also in Jinan

Other vegetables to time

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Growing tatsoi in Jinan

When should I plant tatsoi in Jinan?

Aim for 14 Mar - 11 Apr in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 30 Mar - 27 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will tatsoi be ready to harvest in Jinan?

Expect to start picking around 1 May - 30 Nov, based on 40 to 50 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will tatsoi tolerate?

Hardy to about -8C and often found still green under snow, the low rosette acting as its own insulation.