Best time to plant capsicum in Australia
Capsicum annuum
Also called bell pepper, sweet pepper
In Australia capsicum means the mild fruit known elsewhere as bell or sweet pepper, from a nightshade plant native to the Americas. Fruit is eaten raw or cooked and ripens from green to red, yellow, orange or chocolate depending on variety. Hot forms of the same species, Capsicum annuum, appear here under chilli.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
When to sow
| Zone | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoolMatches local guides | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | No |
| TemperateMatches local guides | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| SubtropicalMatches local guides | Sow | Sow | Sow | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| TropicalBroadly matches local guides, with some differences | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| AridMatches local guides | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
Good months to sow
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Growing details
- How to start
- Raise seedlings, then transplant
- Sowing depth
- 5mm
- Plant spacing
- 45cm
- Row spacing
- 100cm
- Height
- 50cm
- Germination
- 5-21 days
- Time to harvest
- 70 days
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial, grown as an annual in cool climates
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.