Best time to plant carrot in Melbourne
Daucus carota
Sow carrot in Melbourne in Aug to Mar.
Usually orange, with heirloom types in shades from white and yellow to purple and black, the carrot is a biennial root vegetable in the family Apiaceae. People now grow this domesticated form of wild carrot for its root, although the earliest crops, probably in Iran, were raised for leaves and seed.
When to sow in Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC is in the cool zone. Its months for carrot 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 Melbourne
Frost usually arrives in Melbourne around mid June and finishes by late August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late May or as late as late September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From the average of its 2 Bureau of Meteorology stations, 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
- 5cm
- Row spacing
- 20cm
- Height
- 25cm
- Germination
- About 21 days
- Time to harvest
- 75 days from sowing
- Frost
- Semi-hardy, protect from hard frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.