Best time to plant artichoke in Yamba
Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus
Sow artichoke in Yamba 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 Yamba
Yamba, NSW is in the subtropical zone. Its months for artichoke apply here without a frost adjustment.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Yamba
Yamba frosts in fewer than 1 year in 10, so frost doesn't hold back any planting here.
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.