Best time to plant swede in Tarcoola
Brassica napus (Napobrassica group)
Also called rutabaga
Sow swede in Tarcoola in Mar to Sep.
A root crop in the cabbage family, thought to be a cross between cabbage and turnip, grown for its large yellow-fleshed root. It's a cool-season crop, and the roots are often sweeter after a frost.
When to sow in Tarcoola
Tarcoola, SA is in the arid zone. Its months for swede 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 Tarcoola
Frost usually arrives in Tarcoola around late May and finishes by late August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as mid May or as late as late September, 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
- 12mm
- Plant spacing
- 10-15cm
- Row spacing
- 45-60cm
- Germination
- About 15 days
- Time to harvest
- about 90 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full or part sun
- Life cycle
- biennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.