Wuhan in April: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, April in Wuhan has run 15.4–23.8°C with about 158 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 Wuhan is actually having, today.
Grow one in Wuhan's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in April in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ This month sits inside the frost-free window. Average last spring frost around Feb 16, first autumn frost around Dec 12 — roughly 300 frost-free days. Sow tender crops after the last frost date and make sure they finish before the first.
☀️ About 6.8 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 1.1°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-April, then adding up the warmth Wuhan usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🥔 Potato | 58 | Jun 11 |
| 🥬 Celery | 71 | Jun 24 |
| 🥦 Broccoli | 49 | Jun 2 |
| 🌿 Dill | 34 | May 18 |
| ⚪ Turnip | 31 | May 15 |
| ⚪ Daikon radish | 41 | May 25 |
| 🧅 Leek | 61 | Jun 14 |
| 🌿 Parsley | 49 | Jun 2 |
| 🥢 Green Beans | 49 | Jun 2 |
| 🍓 Strawberry | 43 | May 27 |
| 🏵️ Marigold | 41 | May 25 |
| 🥒 Zucchini | 53 | Jun 6 |
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.
- 🥔 Potato about 72 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Celery about 89 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥦 Broccoli about 57 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Dill about 38 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Turnip about 33 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- ⚪ Daikon radish about 47 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Leek about 74 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Parsley about 57 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 63 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 48 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold about 48 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 68 days to harvest Recent mean 19.6°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Rocket — 14 day(s) of heat stress
- 🌿 Spinach — 9 day(s) of heat stress
- 🍈 Winter melon — Slow going at current temperatures (~210 days)
Other months in Wuhan
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Wuhan, 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.