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When to plant cucumber in Townsville

  • Move seedlings out: all yearTownsville area, tropical savanna
  • Sow in trays: all yearTownsville area, tropical savanna
  • Sow in the ground: all yearTownsville area, tropical savanna
  • Plant seedlings: all yearTownsville area, tropical savanna

Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Townsville. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.

A quick summer vine that gives a glut of fruit in Adelaide's warm months. Grow it up a trellis to save space and keep fruit clean. Steady water is the key: dry or stressed plants give bitter, misshapen fruit.

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