Australian Planting Calendar

🌱 Sow in May — 🌴 Tropical (QLD/NT/WA north)

10 plants ready to sow this month

All (10) 🥦 Veg (10)

Beans

Phaseolus vulgaris

Vegetable ~8w to harvest

Dry season Apr-Aug

Broccoli

Brassica oleracea var. italica

Vegetable ~12w to harvest

Cool-dry season May-Jun only

Capsicum

Capsicum annuum

Vegetable ~16w to harvest

Dry season Apr-Aug

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Vegetable ~8w to harvest

Dry season only

Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Vegetable ~6w to harvest

Dry season May-Jul

Okra

Abelmoschus esculentus

Vegetable ~10w to harvest

Dry season and early wet

Silverbeet

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Vegetable ~8w to harvest

Dry season

Snake Beans

Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis

Vegetable ~10w to harvest

Warm season, dry season start

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Vegetable ~16w to harvest

Year round in tropical

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Vegetable ~12w to harvest

Dry season crop only: Apr-Aug

📊 Full Year Overview — 🌴 Tropical (QLD/NT/WA north)

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 Vegetable				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Broccoli Vegetable				✓	✓	✓
Capsicum Vegetable				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Cucumber Vegetable				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lettuce Vegetable				✓	✓	✓	✓
Okra Vegetable				✓	✓				✓	✓
Silverbeet Vegetable				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Snake Beans Vegetable				✓	✓				✓	✓
Sweet Potato Vegetable	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Tomato Vegetable				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓

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