Best time to plant cabbage in Rockhampton
Brassica oleracea
Sow cabbage in Rockhampton in Mar to May, Jul to Sep.
Cabbage is a brassica grown as an annual for its tight head of leaves, which can be green, white or a red-purple. Smooth green heads are the most common, while savoy types have crinkled leaves. Plants are usually picked in their first year, with a second year only for those saved for seed.
When to sow in Rockhampton
Rockhampton, QLD is in the subtropical zone. Its months for cabbage apply here without a frost adjustment.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Rockhampton
Frost usually arrives in Rockhampton around late July and finishes by late July. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid July or as late as early 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
- Raise seedlings, then transplant
- Sowing depth
- 1-2cm
- Plant spacing
- 40cm
- Row spacing
- 60cm
- Height
- 30cm
- Germination
- Soil 7-35°C, fastest at 20-28°C
- Time to harvest
- 70-112 days from planting out
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.