Best time to plant chickpea in Australia
Cicer arietinum
Also called Garbanzo, Garbanzo bean, Chana, Bengal gram, Egyptian pea
Chickpeas are annual legumes grown for their edible seeds, with two or three in each pod. The low plants, 20 to 50 cm high, have small feathery leaves and white flowers veined in blue, violet or pink. In the kitchen the seeds go into hummus, falafel, soups and curries.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
When to sow
| Zone | Months | How well checked |
|---|---|---|
| Cool | May to Aug | Broadly matches local guides, with some differences |
| Temperate | May to Aug | Not yet checked against a local guide |
| Subtropical | Apr to Jun | Not yet checked against a local guide |
| Tropical | Mar to May | Not yet checked against a local guide |
| Arid | Apr to Jun | Not yet checked against a local guide |
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Growing details
- How to start
- Raise seedlings, then transplant
- Sowing depth
- 20mm
- Plant spacing
- 20cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 50cm
- Germination
- 7-30 days at 10-15°C
- Time to harvest
- 100 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.