Guangzhou in March: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, March in Guangzhou has run 16.3–24.5°C with about 145 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Guangzhou is actually having, today.
Grow one in Guangzhou's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in March in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ No night at or below 0°C in the last 5 years — frost is not a limiting factor here, and tender crops can stay out year-round.
☀️ About 6.5 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 3.3°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-March, then adding up the warmth Guangzhou usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| ⚪ Turnip | 29 | Apr 12 |
| 🥬 Kale | 33 | Apr 16 |
| 🥦 Broccoli | 47 | Apr 30 |
| 🥬 Celery | 70 | May 23 |
| ⚪ Daikon radish | 39 | Apr 22 |
| 🥬 Cabbage | 55 | May 8 |
| 🧅 Leek | 60 | May 13 |
| 🍒 Cherry Radish | 19 | Apr 2 |
| 🍓 Strawberry | 40 | Apr 23 |
| 🥒 Cucumber | 73 | May 26 |
| 🎃 Pumpkin | 81 | Jun 3 |
| 🌽 Sweet Corn | 67 | May 20 |
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- ⚪ Turnip about 32 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Kale about 37 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥦 Broccoli about 54 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Celery about 85 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Daikon radish about 44 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Cabbage about 65 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 71 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍒 Cherry Radish about 20 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 46 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Cucumber about 102 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🎃 Pumpkin about 111 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 87 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Rocket — 19 day(s) of heat stress
- 🌿 Spinach — 15 day(s) of heat stress
- 🌿 Coriander — 8 day(s) of heat stress
Other months in Guangzhou
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Guangzhou, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.