Best time to plant carrot in Cabramurra
Daucus carota
Sow carrot in Cabramurra in Aug to Mar.
Usually orange, with heirloom types in shades from white and yellow to purple and black, the carrot is a biennial root vegetable in the family Apiaceae. People now grow this domesticated form of wild carrot for its root, although the earliest crops, probably in Iran, were raised for leaves and seed.
When to sow in Cabramurra
Cabramurra, NSW is in the cool zone. Its months for carrot apply here without a frost adjustment.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Cabramurra
Frost usually arrives in Cabramurra around early February and finishes by early December. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early January or as late as late December, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
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: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 12mm
- Plant spacing
- 5cm
- Row spacing
- 20cm
- Height
- 25cm
- Germination
- About 21 days
- Time to harvest
- 75 days from sowing
- Frost
- Semi-hardy, protect from hard frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.