Australian Planting Calendar

🌱 Sow in October — 🌺 Subtropical (SE QLD/northern NSW)

12 plants ready to sow this month

All (24) 🥦 Veg (16) 🍎 Fruit (3) 🌿 Herb (5)

Banana

Musa acuminata

Fruit ~52w to harvest

Year round, protect from frost

Papaya

Carica papaya

Fruit ~40w to harvest

Plant Oct-Nov, frost tender

Basil

Ocimum basilicum

Herb ~8w to harvest

Year round in warm subtropical

Lemongrass

Cymbopogon citratus

Herb

Perennial, harvest outer stalks

Mint

Mentha spicata

Herb ~8w to harvest

Year round, shade in summer

Parsley

Petroselinum crispum

Herb ~10w to harvest

Autumn-spring in subtropical

Beans (French)

Phaseolus vulgaris

Vegetable ~8w to harvest

Plant twice a year to avoid heat

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Vegetable ~8w to harvest

Avoid Dec-Jan heat

Okra

Abelmoschus esculentus

Vegetable ~10w to harvest

Thrives in subtropical heat

Silverbeet

Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Vegetable ~8w to harvest

Year round in subtropical

Sweet Potato

Ipomoea batatas

Vegetable ~16w to harvest

Warm season perennial in subtropical

Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo

Vegetable ~8w to harvest

Best Feb-Apr and Aug-Oct

📊 Full Year Overview — 🌺 Subtropical (SE QLD/northern NSW)

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
Banana Fruit	✓	✓							✓	✓	✓	✓
Papaya Fruit	✓	✓							✓	✓	✓	✓
Strawberry Fruit						✓	✓	✓
Basil Herb	✓	✓	✓						✓	✓	✓	✓
Coriander Herb			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Lemongrass Herb	✓	✓	✓	✓					✓	✓	✓	✓
Mint Herb	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Parsley Herb			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Beans (French) Vegetable			✓	✓				✓	✓	✓
Beetroot Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Broccoli Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓
Cabbage Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓
Capsicum Vegetable			✓	✓				✓	✓
Carrot Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓
Cucumber Vegetable			✓	✓				✓	✓	✓
Garlic Vegetable					✓	✓
Lettuce Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Okra Vegetable	✓	✓	✓						✓	✓	✓	✓
Onion Vegetable			✓	✓	✓
Silverbeet Vegetable	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Spinach Vegetable			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Sweet Potato Vegetable	✓	✓							✓	✓	✓	✓
Tomato Vegetable			✓	✓				✓	✓
Zucchini Vegetable			✓	✓				✓	✓	✓

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