🗓 Planting Calendar

Australian Planting Calendar

What to plant, when to plant it — for your Australian climate zone.

🌴 Tropical (QLD/NT/WA north) 🌺 Subtropical (SE QLD/northern NSW) 🌿 Temperate (NSW/VIC/SA/WA) ❄️ Cool Temperate (TAS/alpine/ACT) 🏜️ Arid (inland Australia)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

🌱 Sow in October — ❄️ Cool Temperate (TAS/alpine/ACT)

13 plants ready to sow this month
All (20) 🥦 Veg (13) 🍎 Fruit (3) 🌿 Herb (3)
Strawberry
Fragaria ananassa
Fruit ~18w to harvest
Plant Apr or Sep-Oct
Growing guide →
Chives
Allium schoenoprasum
Herb
Perennial, dies back in winter
Growing guide →
Mint
Mentha spicata
Herb
Perennial, dies back in winter
Growing guide →
Parsley
Petroselinum crispum
Herb ~10w to harvest
Spring and autumn sowing
Growing guide →
Beetroot
Beta vulgaris
Vegetable ~12w to harvest
Spring and autumn
Growing guide →
Capsicum
Capsicum annuum
Vegetable ~18w to harvest
Greenhouse or very sheltered spot only
Growing guide →
Carrot
Daucus carota
Vegetable ~14w to harvest
Spring and autumn
Growing guide →
Kale
Brassica oleracea var. acephala
Vegetable ~8w to harvest
Extremely hardy, best after frost
Growing guide →
Lettuce
Lactuca sativa
Vegetable ~8w to harvest
Spring-autumn, avoid coldest months
Growing guide →
Radish
Raphanus sativus
Vegetable ~4w to harvest
Fast crop, spring and autumn
Growing guide →
Silverbeet
Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris
Vegetable ~8w to harvest
Hardy year round except dead of winter
Growing guide →
Spinach
Spinacia oleracea
Vegetable ~6w to harvest
Excellent cool climate crop
Growing guide →
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Vegetable ~14w to harvest
Short season, start indoors Sep, greenhouse ideal
Growing guide →

📊 Full Year Overview — ❄️ Cool Temperate (TAS/alpine/ACT)

This month Sow Not suitable
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Chives
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Mint
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Parsley
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Peony
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Beetroot
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Broccoli
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Cabbage
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Capsicum
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Carrot
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Garlic
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Kale
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Lettuce
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Peas
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Radish
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Silverbeet
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Spinach
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Tomato
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