Growing in Wandering

Best time to plant soybean in Wandering

Glycine max

Also called Soya bean, Soy bean, Soy

Sow soybean in Wandering in Dec.

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 Wandering

Wandering, WA is in the temperate zone. The zone also plants in Nov, but Wandering's frost dates make those months risky for a frost-tender crop.

Not yet checked against a local guide.

Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.

Frost in Wandering

Frost usually arrives in Wandering around late April and finishes by early November. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late March or as late as late November, 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.

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