Best time to plant soybean in Newcastle
Glycine max
Also called Soya bean, Soy bean, Soy
Sow soybean in Newcastle in Nov to Dec.
Soybean is a legume from East Asia raised for its edible beans, which also yield an oil used widely in cooking. Eaten as edamame or turned into soy milk, tofu, tempeh and soy sauce, it is the most widely grown legume in the world and a major animal feed.
When to sow in Newcastle
Newcastle, NSW is in the temperate zone. Its months for soybean 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 Newcastle
Frost usually arrives in Newcastle around early July and finishes by mid August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid 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: 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
- 2.5cm
- Plant spacing
- 15cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 65cm
- Germination
- About 10 days
- Time to harvest
- 70 days from sowing
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.