Best time to plant artichoke in Longreach
Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
Sow artichoke in Longreach in Aug to Apr.
Grown for its immature flower heads, the artichoke is a food variety of thistle. The parts eaten are the fleshy bases of the bracts and the heart beneath them, taken before the buds open. Left to bloom, the heads turn coarse, and the plant stands up to 2 m tall with silvery, deeply cut leaves.
When to sow in Longreach
Longreach, QLD is in the arid zone. Its months for artichoke apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Longreach
Frost usually arrives in Longreach around mid June and finishes by early August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early June or as late as late August, 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: needs a lot of room
A large plant that holds its spot for years. Ask your coordinator first.
Growing details
- How to start
- Raise seedlings, then transplant
- Sowing depth
- 10mm
- Plant spacing
- 120cm
- Row spacing
- 90cm
- Height
- 90cm
- Germination
- 14-21 days at 21-26°C
- Time to harvest
- 300-400 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.