How to grow chilli in Grove
Capsicum species
Also called chili, chile, chili pepper
Frost in Grove rules out the cool zone's usual months for chilli. Ask the growers at your garden what works locally.
Prized for their heat, chillies are the fruit of Capsicum plants in the nightshade family, used as a spice across many cuisines. Capsaicin and related compounds create the burn, and both heat and flavour differ widely between types. These plants trace back to Central or South America.
When to sow in Grove
Grove, TAS is in the cool zone. The zone also plants in Sep to Nov, but Grove's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Grove
Frost usually arrives in Grove around late February and finishes by early December. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late 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
- Raise seedlings, then transplant
- Sowing depth
- 6mm
- Plant spacing
- 38-45cm
- Row spacing
- 100cm
- Germination
- 5-21 days
- Time to harvest
- 70 days from planting out
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial, grown as an annual in cool climates
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.