Best time to plant salsify in Launceston
Tragopogon porrifolius
Also called oyster plant, vegetable oyster, purple salsify, common salsify
Sow salsify in Launceston in Sep to Mar.
Salsify is grown for its edible taproot, which reaches 15 to 30 cm long and 2 to 5 cm thick, and for its ornamental purple flower heads. The plant stands up to 1.2 m, with grass-like leaves and stems that ooze a milky sap. Oyster plant and vegetable oyster are among its other names.
When to sow in Launceston
Launceston, TAS is in the cool zone. Its months for salsify 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 Launceston
Frost usually arrives in Launceston around late March and finishes by late November. 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
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 12mm
- Plant spacing
- 10cm
- Row spacing
- 45cm
- Height
- 120cm
- Germination
- About 20 days
- Time to harvest
- 115 days from sowing
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Part sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.