When to plant zucchini in Packsaddle
- Plant seedlings: late Jan to early FebPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: late Jan to early FebPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: late Jan to early FebPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Sow in trays: early Aug to early SepPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Sow in the ground: early Sep to early OctPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Move seedlings out: early Sep to early OctPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Plant seedlings: early Sep to early OctPacksaddle area, hot desert
- Sow in trays: late Dec to early JanPacksaddle area, hot desert
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Packsaddle. 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.