Best time to plant radicchio in Melbourne
Cichorium intybus
Also called leaf chicory
Sow radicchio in Melbourne in Oct to Nov.
Red leaves streaked with white veins and a bitter, spicy bite set radicchio apart. This perennial form of chicory is a leaf vegetable that grows in a head and features often in Italian food. Grilling or roasting softens its sharpness, and varieties take their names from Italian regions.
When to sow in Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC is in the cool zone. Its months for radicchio 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 Melbourne
Frost usually arrives in Melbourne around mid June and finishes by late August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late May or as late as late September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From the average of its 2 Bureau of Meteorology stations, 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
- 5mm
- Plant spacing
- 10cm
- Row spacing
- 20cm
- Height
- 15cm
- Germination
- 4-7 days at 15-18°C
- Time to harvest
- 65-85 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.