Shenzhen in March: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, March in Shenzhen has run 16.7–24.5°C with about 98 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 Shenzhen is actually having, today.
Grow one in Shenzhen'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 7.6 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 Shenzhen usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🥬 Celery | 71 | May 24 |
| ⚪ Daikon radish | 39 | Apr 22 |
| 🥬 Cabbage | 55 | May 8 |
| 🧅 Leek | 60 | May 13 |
| 🍒 Cherry Radish | 19 | Apr 2 |
| 🌿 Parsley | 47 | Apr 30 |
| 🌿 Dill | 32 | Apr 15 |
| 🟣 Beetroot | 38 | Apr 21 |
| 🍓 Strawberry | 40 | Apr 23 |
| 🥒 Cucumber | 73 | May 26 |
| 🎃 Pumpkin | 82 | Jun 4 |
| 🌽 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.
- 🥬 Celery about 84 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Daikon radish about 44 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Cabbage about 64 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 70 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍒 Cherry Radish about 20 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Parsley about 54 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Dill about 36 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🟣 Beetroot about 43 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 46 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Cucumber about 100 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🎃 Pumpkin about 109 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 86 days to harvest Recent mean 20.6°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Rocket — 19 day(s) of heat stress
- 🌿 Spinach — 10 day(s) of heat stress
- 🍈 Winter melon — Slow going at current temperatures (~187 days)
Other months in Shenzhen
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Shenzhen, 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.