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When to plant zucchini in Lower Light

  • Sow in trays: mid Sep to late DecLower Light area, Mediterranean
  • Move seedlings out: mid Oct to late JanLower Light area, Mediterranean
  • Sow in the ground: mid Oct to late JanLower Light area, Mediterranean
  • Plant seedlings: mid Oct to late JanLower Light area, Mediterranean

Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Lower Light. 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.

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