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Beans
Two separate seed-sowing windows appear in the local calendar.
Best months to sow seed
January–FebruarySeptember–December
Victoria · First local reference
North-East Melbourne
What to sow, when, in North-East Melbourne.
Start with five familiar vegetables and the months a local guide recommends for sowing seed. This is a useful first reference for Victoria, not a calendar for the whole state.
This is one local starting point for Victoria, not a planting calendar for the whole state.
One local starting point
Month windows for seed sowing, with room to adjust for your own garden.
North-East Melbourne · Australian months
Five crops, with seed-sowing windows
These are Local Food Connect's best months for sowing seed, not the only months when sowing is possible. Use the ranges as local starting points and adapt them to your own conditions.
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Broad beans
The local guide lists one continuous March-to-June window.
Best months to sow seed
March–June
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Peas
The local guide lists one continuous April-to-July window.
Best months to sow seed
April–July
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Tomatoes
The listed seed-sowing window falls at the end of winter and start of spring.
Best months to sow seed
August–September
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Lettuce
The local calendar includes seed sowing in every month of the year.
Best months to sow seed
Year-round
How to use this guide
Keep seed dates, seedlings and frost in view
A month on a chart is a helpful prompt. The seed stage and the conditions in your own garden still matter.
These dates are for sowing seed
Local Food Connect labels these as its best months for sowing seed, not the only months when sowing is possible. It suggests seedlings ready to plant out are roughly two months later. For example, its guide points to April's seed column when choosing seedlings to plant in June. The calendar cards above keep the seed-sowing months intact.
Use seasons as cues, not fixed frost dates
The 2021 City of Monash guide describes autumn and spring as the main planting seasons. It advises waiting until frost has passed before spring planting and protecting seedlings from extreme heat or cold. This is Melbourne-area context, not a fixed frost calendar for North-East Melbourne. Check local conditions before planting.
Sources and scope
Where these months and notes come from
Local Food Connect supplies the North-East Melbourne crop windows. The Bureau of Meteorology and City of Monash sources add climate and seasonal context only; they do not broaden the calendar's geographic scope.
Local Food Connect, North-East Melbourne veggie planting guide
The crop windows are the guide's best months for sowing seed, not the only possible months. It suggests seedlings ready to plant out are roughly two months later. Its reference area is North-East Melbourne.
Bureau of Meteorology, Australian climate zones
General climate context: mountain ranges and distance from the sea influence local climate. This page does not provide vegetable planting dates.
City of Monash, Gardens for Harvest guide (2021)
Melbourne-area context: autumn and spring are main planting seasons; wait until frost has passed before spring planting and protect seedlings from extreme heat or cold. It does not set North-East Melbourne frost dates.
