Best time to plant zucchini in Georgetown
Cucurbita pepo
Also called courgette
Sow zucchini in Georgetown in Feb to Apr, Aug to Sep.
Zucchini is a summer squash, mostly a compact bush in gardens, picked while seeds and rind are still soft enough to eat, normally at 15-25 cm. Most are green, though golden types are deep yellow or orange. Cooks treat the fruit as a vegetable. Discard any that taste very bitter, as they can cause severe stomach upset.
When to sow in Georgetown
Georgetown, QLD is in the tropical zone. The zone also plants in May to Jul, but Georgetown's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.
Matches local guides.
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 in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 2-3cm
- Plant spacing
- 150cm
- Row spacing
- 90cm
- Height
- 70cm
- Germination
- About 12 days
- Time to harvest
- 50 days
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.