Regardless of your location in the temperate world , the plants usually grown in a vegetable garden want the same canonic needs : a rich , productive soil that is moist but well - draining and ample exposure to sunlight . Tasmania is the southernmost state of Australia and see a cool summertime and chilly , moderately frosty wintertime . This mood affords gardener there to develop vegetables year cycle while other Australian state may suffer extreme heating system and lack of rainfall in the summertime month .

Vegetable Growing Regions

Historically , vegetable grow in the geographically flatter area of the northern one-half of Tasmania where fertile soils and natural rain or irrigation are copious . localise residential veggie gardens subsist wherever territory and water is ample and there is unimpeded exposure to the warm northern Dominicus picture . commercial-grade craw battlefield are not the only place Tasmanians may farm crops .

Climate

In 1991 , Iain Dawson of the Australian National Botanic Garden ’s Agricultural Research Unit grow a plant hardiness geographical zone system for Australia . Tasmania falls into zones 2 and 3 , which mean an expected one-year wintertime lower limit temperature between 14 and 32 degrees F. The interior of Tasmania experiences cold winters than regions nearer to the coast . These temperatures correlate loosely to U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zone 8 and 9 and thus vegetable grow proficiency and schedules used in these areas of North America can be used in a exchangeable manner in Tasmania .

Growing Seasons

The Tasmania growing time of year ( frost - free weather condition ) ranges from spring to former winter , roughly from September to former June . Warm - season crops – those vegetables that need high-pitched heat to uprise , blossom and then grant crops – are grown from November to May , while coolheaded - season craw can be grow any other metre of year as long as cold does n’t persist too long below freezing . The farther to the south on the island or mellow in elevation , the short the growing season as well as the cooler the summertime .

Common Crops

According to the Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure , Energy and Resources , many crops are grown in the commonwealth for domestic use and export . tater , Allium cepa and carrots are among the most wide commercial vegetable crops grown , but Brassica oleracea italica , lettuce , asparagus , beans , cauliflower , celery , cucumber , leeks , parsnip , sweet corn whiskey , Lycopersicon esculentum and zucchini are also crucial crops . Local gardeners also raise and deal these crops at local markets : unspecific edible bean , Gallic beans , stolon beans , Brassica oleracea botrytis , Brussels pullulate , greenish peas , tomatoes , parsnips , swedes , pumpkin , zucchini , cultivated celery , sweet-flavored corn whiskey and clams .

Crop Scheduling

Here is a general list of vegetable crops to mature in the season in Tasmania based on planting guide by Peter Cundall and Margaret and Jon Hosford :

Warm - season crop like squash , tomato , potato , capsicum ( pepper ) , eggplant , mellifluous corn and autumn pumpkin are sown from November to January , with sequent plantings every two to four weeks to allow for continual harvest across the summer months . From February to May and again in August to October , crop that apprize chilly , non - freezing nights and nerveless to fond twenty-four hour period are plant in successive number for repeated harvesting until a frost kills plants . Lettuce , radish , onion , cabbage , beans , cauliflower , Brassica oleracea italica , spinach and pea are among those develop in the autumn and spring months . In areas where frosts are rarefied these plants continue to grow and bring forth during the wintertime months of June and July .

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