Best time to plant chickpea in Launceston
Cicer arietinum
Also called Garbanzo, Garbanzo bean, Chana, Bengal gram, Egyptian pea
Sow chickpea in Launceston in May to Aug.
Chickpeas are annual legumes grown for their edible seeds, with two or three in each pod. The low plants, 20 to 50 cm high, have small feathery leaves and white flowers veined in blue, violet or pink. In the kitchen the seeds go into hummus, falafel, soups and curries.
When to sow in Launceston
Launceston, TAS is in the cool zone. Its months for chickpea apply here without a frost adjustment.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Launceston
Frost usually arrives in Launceston around late March and finishes by late November. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late January or as late as late December, 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
- Raise seedlings, then transplant
- Sowing depth
- 20mm
- Plant spacing
- 20cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 50cm
- Germination
- 7-30 days at 10-15°C
- Time to harvest
- 100 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.