Best time to plant zucchini in Australia
Cucurbita pepo
Also called courgette
Zucchini is a summer squash, mostly a compact bush in gardens, picked while seeds and rind are still soft enough to eat, normally at 15-25 cm. Most are green, though golden types are deep yellow or orange. Cooks treat the fruit as a vegetable. Discard any that taste very bitter, as they can cause severe stomach upset.
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 | Sow |
| TemperateMatches local guides | Sow | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| SubtropicalMatches local guides | Sow | Sow | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow |
| TropicalMatches local guides | No | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | Sow | No | No | No |
| AridBroadly matches local guides, with some differences | Sow | Sow | No | No | No | No | No | Sow | 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
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 2-3cm
- Plant spacing
- 150cm
- Row spacing
- 90cm
- Height
- 70cm
- Germination
- About 12 days
- Time to harvest
- 50 days
- Frost
- Frost tender
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.