Best time to plant eggplant in Wagga Wagga
Solanum melongena
Also called aubergine, brinjal
Sow eggplant in Wagga Wagga in Sep to Nov.
Eggplant, also called aubergine or brinjal, is a nightshade relative of tomato and potato. Its fruit, botanically a berry and most often purple, is usually cooked, with spongy flesh that soaks up oil and flavours. The skin and seeds are edible as well.
When to sow in Wagga Wagga
Wagga Wagga, NSW is in the arid zone. The zone also plants in Aug, Dec to Jan, but Wagga Wagga's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Wagga Wagga
Frost usually arrives in Wagga Wagga around late April and finishes by mid 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
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 5mm
- Plant spacing
- 30cm
- Row spacing
- 60cm
- Height
- 50cm
- Germination
- Soil 24-32°C
- Time to harvest
- 60 days
- 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.