Australian Planting Calendar

🌱 Sow in August — 🌿 Temperate (NSW/VIC/SA/WA)

11 plants ready to sow this month

All (24) 🥦 Veg (24)

Beetroot

Beta vulgaris

Vegetable ~10w to harvest

Direct sow, harvest when golf ball size

Capsicum

Capsicum annuum

Vegetable ~16w to harvest

Start indoors Aug, needs warm soil to fruit

Carrot

Daucus carota

Vegetable ~12w to harvest

Direct sow, thin to 5cm, keep moist to germinate

Kale

Brassica oleracea var. acephala

Vegetable ~8w to harvest

Hardy, harvest outer leaves

Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Vegetable ~6w to harvest

Bolt-resistant varieties for summer

Peas

Pisum sativum

Vegetable ~10w to harvest

Cool season, needs support

Potato

Solanum tuberosum

Vegetable ~16w to harvest

Plant seed potatoes, hill up as they grow

Radish

Raphanus sativus

Vegetable ~4w to harvest

Fast crop, sow successionally

Silverbeet

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Vegetable ~8w to harvest

Harvest outer leaves, plant year round

Spinach

Spinacia oleracea

Vegetable ~6w to harvest

Cool season, bolts in heat

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Vegetable ~12w to harvest

Start indoors Aug, transplant Sep-Oct after last frost

📊 Full Year Overview — 🌿 Temperate (NSW/VIC/SA/WA)

This month Sow Not suitable

Plant	Jan Jan	Feb Feb	Mar Mar	Apr Apr	May May	Jun Jun	Jul Jul	Aug Aug	Sep Sep	Oct Oct	Nov Nov	Dec Dec
Beans (French) Vegetable									✓	✓	✓	✓
Beans (Runner) Vegetable									✓	✓
Beetroot Vegetable	✓	✓	✓	✓				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Broccoli Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓
Cabbage Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓
Capsicum Vegetable								✓	✓	✓
Carrot Vegetable			✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓
Cauliflower Vegetable			✓	✓	✓
Cucumber Vegetable									✓	✓	✓
Eggplant Vegetable									✓	✓
Garlic Vegetable				✓	✓	✓
Kale Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓
Lettuce Vegetable	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Onion Vegetable			✓	✓	✓				✓	✓
Peas Vegetable			✓	✓				✓	✓
Potato Vegetable								✓	✓	✓
Radish Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Rockmelon Vegetable									✓	✓	✓
Silverbeet Vegetable	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spinach Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sweet Corn Vegetable									✓	✓	✓
Tomato Vegetable								✓	✓	✓
Watermelon Vegetable									✓	✓	✓
Zucchini Vegetable									✓	✓	✓

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