What to Plant in December, Melbourne & Victoria

40 crops you can sow in December across Melbourne & Victoria.

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In Season This Month

Fruiting (18)

Beans (bush) Bitter Melon Capsicum Chilli Cucumber Eggplant Luffa Okra Popcorn Pumpkin Quinoa Snake Beans Sorghum Sweet Corn Tomato Watermelon Winged Beans Zucchini

Fruit (5)

Jaboticaba Loquat Midyim Berry Passionfruit Tamarillo

Herb (5)

Basil Bay Laurel Lemon Verbena Shiso (Perilla) Vietnamese Mint

Micro (4)

Broccoli Sprouts Pea Shoots Radish Sprouts Sunflower Microgreens

Leafy (3)

Amaranth Pigface Warrigal Greens

Flower (2)

Hibiscus Sunflower

Mushroom (2)

Oyster Mushroom Shiitake

Root (1)

Sweet Potato

All December Crops at a Glance

PlantCategoryHarvestSpacingCompanions
AmaranthLeafy30d30cmCorn, Onion
BasilHerb65d25cmTomato, Capsicum, Oregano
Bay LaurelHerb365d200cm
Beans (bush)Fruiting65d20cmCorn, Carrot, Cucumber
Bitter MelonFruiting70d100cmCorn, Beans
Broccoli SproutsMicro7d1cm
CapsicumFruiting100d45cmBasil, Tomato, Carrot
ChilliFruiting90d45cmBasil, Tomato, Carrot
CucumberFruiting60d50cmBeans, Corn, Nasturtium
EggplantFruiting100d60cmBeans, Marigold, Thyme
HibiscusFlower120d150cmTropical plants
JaboticabaFruit2555d400cmTropical fruit trees
Lemon VerbenaHerb90d100cmTomato, Beans
LoquatFruit1095d400cmFruit trees
LuffaFruiting120d150cmBeans, Corn
Midyim BerryFruit365d100cmNative plants, Lemon myrtle
OkraFruiting75d40cmBasil, Capsicum
Oyster MushroomMushroom21d
PassionfruitFruit400d200cm
Pea ShootsMicro12d1cm
PigfaceLeafy60d40cm
PopcornFruiting120d30cmBeans, Pumpkin, Lettuce
PumpkinFruiting120d150cmCorn, Beans, Nasturtium
QuinoaFruiting120d30cmCorn, Beans
Radish SproutsMicro8d1cm
ShiitakeMushroom60d
Shiso (Perilla)Herb50d30cmEggplant, Tomato
Snake BeansFruiting55d20cmCarrot, Corn
SorghumFruiting120d15cmCowpea, Beans
SunflowerFlower80d50cmCucumber, Corn, Tomato
Sunflower MicrogreensMicro10d1cm
Sweet CornFruiting90d30cmBeans, Pumpkin, Zucchini
Sweet PotatoRoot150d50cmBeans, Corn, Marigold
TamarilloFruit540d300cm
TomatoFruiting85d60cmBasil, Carrot, Marigold
Vietnamese MintHerb60d30cm
Warrigal GreensLeafy60d60cm
WatermelonFruiting90d150cmCorn, Nasturtium
Winged BeansFruiting65d30cmCorn, Sweet potato, Basil
ZucchiniFruiting60d80cmNasturtium, Corn, Beans

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