Growing guide

Cool zone

Cold winters with frost, and a short summer growing season.

Includes Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart, Launceston, Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Mt Gambier.

What to sow in September

Holds back frost-tender crops around this area's frost dates. Regional, so ask local growers too.

  • AmaranthSow directly in the bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • ArtichokeRaise seedlings, then transplantNeeds a lot of room
  • AsparagusSow directly or raise seedlingsStays for years
  • BasilSow directly or raise seedlingsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • BeetrootSow directly in the bed
  • BorageSow directly in the bedCan spreadNot yet checked against a local guide
  • CapsicumRaise seedlings, then transplant
  • CarrotSow directly in the bed
  • CelerySow directly or raise seedlings
  • ChilliRaise seedlings, then transplant
  • Chinese CabbageSow directly or raise seedlings
  • CorianderRaise seedlings, then transplantNot yet checked against a local guide
  • DaikonSow directly in the bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • DillSow directly in the bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • HorseradishSow directly in the bedCan spreadNot yet checked against a local guide
  • Jerusalem ArtichokeSow directly in the bedCan spread
  • KohlrabiSow directly in the bed
  • LeekSow directly or raise seedlings
  • LettuceSow directly in the bed
  • MintSow directly or raise seedlingsCan spreadNot yet checked against a local guide
  • MizunaSow directly in the bed
  • OnionSow directly or raise seedlings
  • OreganoSow directly or raise seedlingsStays for yearsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • ParsleySow directly or raise seedlingsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • ParsnipSow directly in the bed
  • PeaSow directly in the bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • PeanutRaise seedlings, then transplant
  • PotatoSow directly in the bed
  • RadishSow directly in the bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • RhubarbSow directly or raise seedlingsStays for yearsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • RocketSow directly or raise seedlings
  • RosemaryRaise seedlings, then transplantStays for yearsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • SageRaise seedlings, then transplantStays for yearsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • SalsifySow directly in the bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • ShallotSow directly in the bed
  • SilverbeetSow directly or raise seedlings
  • Snow PeaSow directly in the bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • SorrelSow directly in the bedStays for yearsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • SpinachSow directly in the bed
  • Spring OnionSow directly in the bed
  • SwedeSow directly in the bed
  • ThymeSow directly or raise seedlingsStays for yearsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • TomatilloRaise seedlings, then transplantNot yet checked against a local guide
  • TomatoRaise seedlings, then transplant
  • TurnipSow directly in the bed
  • WatercressSow directly or raise seedlingsCan spreadNot yet checked against a local guide
  • WatermelonSow directly in the bedNeeds a lot of room
  • ZucchiniSow directly in the bed