Here in Southern Victoria, November is the month for warm season crop transplanting! Tomatoes, zucchini, capsicums, cucumbers have all been waiting for the night time temperatures to warm.

And as the weather really warms up, we sow beans, corn, pumpkins and more…

October is the month that finds us questioning- should we transplant NOW?

We base our transplant date on nighttime temperatures. Many of the cold sensitive crops such as tomatoes, basil, eggplant, capsicum, zucchini can be permentantly set back if transplanted too early. We mitigate this risk by using row covers and poly tunnels.

We have made a simple temperature chart to assist.

Here is what we are sowing and transplanting now that our days have over 10 hours of sunlight. We rely on cold thriving quick maturing vegetables to get us through the gap between Winter and Spring “side dish” crops.

And there are many flowers which are cold hardy and thrive in the cool Spring weather. These can be sown/transplanted now to produce great early blooms.