Best time to plant soybean in Eucla
Glycine max
Also called Soya bean, Soy bean, Soy
Sow soybean in Eucla in Nov to Jan.
Soybean is a legume from East Asia raised for its edible beans, which also yield an oil used widely in cooking. Eaten as edamame or turned into soy milk, tofu, tempeh and soy sauce, it is the most widely grown legume in the world and a major animal feed.
When to sow in Eucla
Eucla, WA is in the arid zone. Its months for soybean apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Eucla
Frost usually arrives in Eucla around mid July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid June or as late as mid September, 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
- 2.5cm
- Plant spacing
- 15cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 65cm
- Germination
- About 10 days
- Time to harvest
- 70 days from sowing
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.