Best time to plant spinach in Gayndah
Spinacia oleracea
Sow spinach in Gayndah in Mar to Jul.
Spinach is a leafy annual, occasionally biennial, that stays fairly small at up to 30 cm. Its leaves are eaten fresh or cooked or kept by canning, freezing or drying, and the taste changes noticeably with cooking. Big leaves sit low on the plant, with smaller ones up the flowering stem.
When to sow in Gayndah
Gayndah, QLD is in the subtropical zone. Its months for spinach apply here without a frost adjustment.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Gayndah
Frost usually arrives in Gayndah around mid June and finishes by mid August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late May or as late as mid September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 12mm
- Plant spacing
- 20cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 15cm
- Germination
- About 14 days
- Time to harvest
- 50 days from sowing
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.