Best time to plant silverbeet in Rutherglen
Beta vulgaris
Also called chard, Swiss chard, silver beet, perpetual spinach, spinach beet
Sow silverbeet in Rutherglen in Mar to Oct.
Silverbeet is a leafy green that shares a species with beetroot, grown for its leaves rather than a root. Blades are green or reddish and stalks mostly red, yellow or white; in Swiss chard types those stalks grow big and are often cooked separately. Cooks have used it for centuries.
When to sow in Rutherglen
Rutherglen, VIC is in the arid zone. Its months for silverbeet 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 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
- Sow directly or raise seedlings
- Sowing depth
- 2cm
- Plant spacing
- 20cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 35cm
- Germination
- About 14 days
- Time to harvest
- 55 days from sowing
- Frost
- Semi-hardy, protect from hard frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- biennial
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.