Best time to plant broccoli in Rutherglen
Brassica oleracea
Sow broccoli in Rutherglen in Feb to Jul.
A close relative of cauliflower, broccoli is a brassica grown for its big green flower heads, with the stalk and small leaves also eaten. The florets branch from a thick, paler stalk in a tree-like shape, and the whole vegetable works either raw or cooked.
When to sow in Rutherglen
Rutherglen, VIC is in the arid zone. Its months for broccoli 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 Rutherglen
Frost usually arrives in Rutherglen around early April and finishes by early November. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid March or as late as mid 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
- 1-2cm
- Plant spacing
- 60cm
- Row spacing
- 40cm
- Height
- 75cm
- Germination
- Soil 5-35°C, fastest at 20-28°C
- Time to harvest
- 56-91 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.