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 September
Holds back frost-tender crops around this area's frost dates. Regional, so ask local growers too.
- AmaranthSow directly in the bed
- ArtichokeRaise seedlings, then transplant
- AsparagusSow directly or raise seedlings
- BasilSow directly or raise seedlings
- BeetrootSow directly in the bed
- Bok ChoySow directly or raise seedlings
- BorageSow directly in the bed
- CabbageRaise seedlings, then transplant
- CapsicumRaise seedlings, then transplant
- CarrotSow directly in the bed
- CeleriacRaise seedlings, then transplant
- ChilliRaise seedlings, then transplant
- Chinese CabbageSow directly or raise seedlings
- ChivesRaise seedlings, then transplant
- CorianderRaise seedlings, then transplant
- CornSow directly in the bed
- CowpeaSow directly in the bed
- CucumberSow directly or raise seedlings
- DaikonSow directly in the bed
- DillSow directly in the bed
- EggplantSow directly or raise seedlings
- FennelSow directly or raise seedlings
- French BeanSow directly in the bed
- Garlic ChivesSow directly or raise seedlings
- HorseradishSow directly in the bed
- Jerusalem ArtichokeSow directly in the bed
- KaleRaise seedlings, then transplant
- KohlrabiSow directly in the bed
- LeekSow directly or raise seedlings
- LettuceSow directly in the bed
- LuffaRaise seedlings, then transplant
- MintSow directly or raise seedlings
- MizunaSow directly in the bed
- OkraSow directly or raise seedlings
- OreganoSow directly or raise seedlings
- ParsleySow directly or raise seedlings
- ParsnipSow directly in the bed
- PeaSow directly in the bed
- PeanutRaise seedlings, then transplant
- PotatoSow directly in the bed
- PumpkinSow directly or raise seedlings
- PurslaneSow directly in the bed
- RadishSow directly in the bed
- RhubarbSow directly or raise seedlings
- RocketSow directly or raise seedlings
- RockmelonRaise seedlings, then transplant
- RosemaryRaise seedlings, then transplant
- Runner BeanSow directly in the bed
- SageRaise seedlings, then transplant
- SalsifySow directly in the bed
- SilverbeetSow directly or raise seedlings
- Snow PeaSow directly in the bed
- SorrelSow directly in the bed
- SpinachSow directly in the bed
- Spring OnionSow directly in the bed
- Sweet Potato
- ThymeSow directly or raise seedlings
- TomatilloRaise seedlings, then transplant
- TomatoRaise seedlings, then transplant
- TurnipSow directly in the bed
- WatercressSow directly or raise seedlings
- WatermelonSow directly in the bed
- Yardlong BeanSow directly in the bed
- ZucchiniSow directly in the bed