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When to plant zucchini in Tanami

  • Sow in trays: mid Feb to late JunTanami area, hot desert
  • Move seedlings out: mid Mar to late JulTanami area, hot desert
  • Sow in the ground: mid Mar to late JulTanami area, hot desert
  • Plant seedlings: mid Mar to late JulTanami area, hot desert

Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Tanami. 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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