The Diggers Club home page. > Tips
 

Seeds to sow now- May

Use the climate zones on this page to find out which vegetables, herbs and flowers can be sown in your area. Temperature is the guiding factor in plant survival and plant growth. To grow fruit and vegetables successfully, gardeners must understand both the minimum temperatures plants can survive (cold zone), and the amount of heat needed to ripen fruit (growing days).

Growing Weeks Map.

Cool

Current weather conditions

Bureau of Meteorology data here.

What to sow now

VEGETABLES and HERBS

Broad Beans

Broccoli Green Sprouting

Broccoli Romanesco

Cauliflower Purple of Sicily

Cauliflower Mini

Fennel

Kale Tuscan Black

Tatsoi

Broccoli Raab

Mustard Mizuna

Sugar Snap Peas

Green Manure for soil improvement

Onion Sweet Domenica

Coriander

Thyme

Black Cumin

FLOWERS

Sweet Peas

Bergamot

Coneflower


Coming up in June

Spinach

Turnip

Spring Onions

Onion Barletta

Broad Beans

Cornflower

Warm

Current weather conditions

Bureau of Meteorology data here.

What to sow now

VEGETABLES and HERBS

Asparagus Sweet Purple

Broad Beans

Broccoli Green Sprouting

Broccoli de Cicco

Pea Greenfeast

Snap Peas

Kale Red Russian

Onion Sweet Domenica

Spinach Blommsdale

Radish Heirloom Mix

Lettuce Amish Deer Tongue

Green Manures for soil improvement

Mizuna Ruby Streaks

Yukina

Coriander

Chives

FLOWERS

Sweet Peas

Honesty

Hollyhock


Coming up in June

Broad Beans

Asparagus

Fennel

Baby Broccoli

Pak Choy

Lettuce Great Lakes

Hot

Current weather conditions

Bureau of Meteorlogy data here.

What to sow now

VEGETABLES and HERBS


Asparagus

Broad Beans

Beetroot Globe

Tatsoi

Kailaan

Radish Heirloom Mix

Watercress

Snow Peas

Spring Onions

Silverbeet

Spinach

Tomatoes

Capsicum

Chillies

Zuchini

FLOWERS

Californian Poppy

Sunflowers

Calendula

Coming up in June

Tomatoes

Squash

Lettuce

Pak Choy

Beetroot

Carrots