When to plant zucchini in Alice Springs
- Plant seedlings: early Jan to late JanAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: early Jan to late JanAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: early Jan to late JanAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Sow in trays: mid Aug to mid SepAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: mid Sep to mid OctAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: mid Sep to mid OctAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: mid Sep to mid OctAlice Springs area, hot desert
- Sow in trays: early Dec to early JanAlice Springs area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Alice Springs. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
The easiest summer vegetable in Adelaide: one or two plants feed a family from midsummer to autumn. Sow or plant once the soil is warm. Pick fruit small, every day or two, before they become marrows.