Growing guide

Temperate zone

Mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers, with a long growing season.

Includes Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Wollongong, Central Coast NSW, Toowoomba, Bunbury.

What to sow in April

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

  • BeetrootSow directly in the bed
  • Bok ChoySow directly or raise seedlings
  • Broad BeanSow directly in the bed
  • Brussels SproutsRaise seedlings, then transplant
  • CabbageRaise seedlings, then transplant
  • CarrotSow directly in the bed
  • CauliflowerRaise seedlings, then transplant
  • Chinese CabbageSow directly or raise seedlingsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • CorianderRaise seedlings, then transplantNot yet checked against a local guide
  • DaikonSow directly in the bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • FennelSow directly or raise seedlings
  • GarlicSow directly in the bed
  • KaleRaise seedlings, then transplant
  • KohlrabiSow directly in the bed
  • LeekSow directly or raise seedlings
  • LettuceSow directly in the bed
  • MizunaSow directly in the bed
  • OnionSow directly or raise seedlings
  • OreganoSow directly or raise seedlingsStays for yearsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • PeaSow directly in the bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • RadishSow directly in the bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • RosemaryRaise 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 bedNot yet checked against a local guide
  • 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
  • StrawberryRaise seedlings, then transplantStays for yearsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • ThymeSow directly or raise seedlingsStays for yearsNot yet checked against a local guide
  • TurnipSow directly in the bed
  • WatercressSow directly or raise seedlingsCan spreadNot yet checked against a local guide