What to Plant in August, Tasmania

56 crops you can sow in August across Tasmania.

In Season This Month

Fruit (24)

Apple Apricot Blackberry Blackcurrant Blueberry Boysenberry Cherry Elderflower Fig Gooseberry Grape Hazelnut Kiwifruit Medlar Mulberry Nectarine Peach Pear Persimmon Plum Quince Redcurrant Sweet Chestnut Walnut

Leafy (9)

Bok Choy Endive Komatsuna Lettuce Mibuna Mizuna Rocket Spinach Tatsoi

Root (6)

Horseradish Jerusalem Artichoke Onion Radish Spring Onion Turnip

Fruiting (5)

Asparagus Broad Beans Peas Rhubarb Snow Peas

Micro (4)

Broccoli Sprouts Pea Shoots Radish Sprouts Sunflower Microgreens

Brassica (3)

Gai Lan Leek Mustard Greens

Flower (2)

Calendula Culinary Rose

Mushroom (2)

Oyster Mushroom Shiitake

Herb (1)

Hops

All August Crops at a Glance

Plant	Category	Harvest	Spacing	Companions
Apple	Fruit	1460d	400cm	Nasturtium, Chives, Garlic
Apricot	Fruit	1095d	400cm	Nasturtium, Garlic, Chives
Asparagus	Fruiting	730d	40cm	Tomato, Parsley, Basil
Blackberry	Fruit	365d	150cm	Tansy, Borage, Marigold
Blackcurrant	Fruit	730d	150cm	n/a
Blueberry	Fruit	730d	120cm	Strawberry, Azalea, Rhododendron
Bok Choy	Leafy	50d	20cm	Beetroot, Celery
Boysenberry	Fruit	365d	150cm	Tansy, Marigold, Garlic
Broad Beans	Fruiting	90d	20cm	Potato, Corn, Lettuce
Broccoli Sprouts	Micro	7d	1cm	n/a
Calendula	Flower	60d	25cm	Tomato, Brassicas, Beans
Cherry	Fruit	1825d	500cm	Nasturtium, Garlic, Chives
Culinary Rose	Flower	365d	100cm	Lavender, Garlic, Chives
Elderflower	Fruit	365d	300cm	Fruit trees
Endive	Leafy	45d	25cm	Lettuce, Radish, Carrot
Fig	Fruit	365d	400cm	n/a
Gai Lan	Brassica	55d	25cm	Beetroot, Onion, Dill
Gooseberry	Fruit	730d	150cm	n/a
Grape	Fruit	730d	200cm	Hyssop, Basil, Clover
Hazelnut	Fruit	1095d	400cm	n/a
Hops	Herb	120d	90cm	Comfrey, Chives
Horseradish	Root	300d	40cm	Potato, Apple, Rhubarb
Jerusalem Artichoke	Root	150d	40cm	Corn, Beans, Sunflower
Kiwifruit	Fruit	730d	400cm	Comfrey, Nasturtium, Marigold
Komatsuna	Leafy	35d	20cm	Lettuce, Beans
Leek	Brassica	120d	15cm	Carrot, Celery
Lettuce	Leafy	55d	25cm	Carrot, Radish, Chives
Medlar	Fruit	730d	400cm	n/a
Mibuna	Leafy	35d	15cm	Lettuce, Radish
Mizuna	Leafy	40d	20cm	Carrot, Lettuce
Mulberry	Fruit	365d	500cm	n/a
Mustard Greens	Brassica	40d	25cm	Beetroot, Carrot
Nectarine	Fruit	730d	400cm	Nasturtium, Garlic, Chives
Onion	Root	180d	10cm	Carrot, Beetroot, Lettuce
Oyster Mushroom	Mushroom	21d	0cm	n/a
Pea Shoots	Micro	12d	1cm	n/a
Peach	Fruit	730d	400cm	Nasturtium, Garlic, Chives
Pear	Fruit	1460d	400cm	Nasturtium, Chives, Garlic
Peas	Fruiting	75d	10cm	Carrot, Radish, Corn
Persimmon	Fruit	1095d	500cm	Fruit trees
Plum	Fruit	1095d	400cm	Nasturtium, Garlic, Chives
Quince	Fruit	1825d	400cm	Fruit trees
Radish	Root	30d	5cm	Lettuce, Carrot
Radish Sprouts	Micro	8d	1cm	n/a
Redcurrant	Fruit	730d	150cm	n/a
Rhubarb	Fruiting	365d	90cm	Strawberry, Beans, Brassicas
Rocket	Leafy	40d	15cm	Lettuce, Carrot
Shiitake	Mushroom	60d	0cm	n/a
Snow Peas	Fruiting	60d	10cm	Carrot, Radish, Corn
Spinach	Leafy	55d	20cm	Strawberry, Pea
Spring Onion	Root	60d	10cm	Carrot, Lettuce, Tomato
Sunflower Microgreens	Micro	10d	1cm	n/a
Sweet Chestnut	Fruit	730d	1000cm	n/a
Tatsoi	Leafy	45d	20cm	Carrot, Onion
Turnip	Root	55d	15cm	Peas, Lettuce, Onion
Walnut	Fruit	1460d	1000cm	n/a

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