Best time to plant silverbeet in Georgetown
Beta vulgaris
Also called chard, Swiss chard, silver beet, perpetual spinach, spinach beet
Sow silverbeet in Georgetown in Mar to Sep.
Silverbeet is a leafy green that shares a species with beetroot, grown for its leaves rather than a root. Blades are green or reddish and stalks mostly red, yellow or white; in Swiss chard types those stalks grow big and are often cooked separately. Cooks have used it for centuries.
When to sow in Georgetown
Georgetown, QLD is in the tropical zone. Its months for silverbeet apply here without a frost adjustment.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Georgetown
Frost usually arrives in Georgetown around mid June and finishes by mid July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as early June or as late as mid August, 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 or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 2cm
- Plant spacing
- 20cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 35cm
- Germination
- About 14 days
- Time to harvest
- 55 days from sowing
- Frost
- Semi-hardy, protect from hard frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.