Best time to plant soybean in Port Macquarie
Glycine max
Also called Soya bean, Soy bean, Soy
Sow soybean in Port Macquarie in Nov to Jan.
Soybean is a legume from East Asia raised for its edible beans, which also yield an oil used widely in cooking. Eaten as edamame or turned into soy milk, tofu, tempeh and soy sauce, it is the most widely grown legume in the world and a major animal feed.
When to sow in Port Macquarie
Port Macquarie, NSW is in the subtropical zone. Its months for soybean apply here without a frost adjustment.
Matches local guides.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Port Macquarie
Frost usually arrives in Port Macquarie around mid June and finishes by mid September. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late May or as late as early October, 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
- 2.5cm
- Plant spacing
- 15cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 65cm
- Germination
- About 10 days
- Time to harvest
- 70 days from sowing
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.