Best time to plant chilli in Nhill
Capsicum species
Also called chili, chile, chili pepper
Sow chilli in Nhill in Oct to Nov.
Prized for their heat, chillies are the fruit of Capsicum plants in the nightshade family, used as a spice across many cuisines. Capsaicin and related compounds create the burn, and both heat and flavour differ widely between types. These plants trace back to Central or South America.
When to sow in Nhill
Nhill, VIC is in the temperate zone. The zone also plants in Aug to Sep, Dec, but Nhill's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Nhill
Frost usually arrives in Nhill around early May and finishes by late October. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early April or as late as early November, 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
- 6mm
- Plant spacing
- 38-45cm
- Row spacing
- 100cm
- Germination
- 5-21 days
- Time to harvest
- 70 days from planting out
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial, grown as an annual in cool climates
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.