As an Aussie I get frustrated with all the “what to plant now” videos uploaded from overseas gardeners. Thank you for this type of content. Hope your channel goes ballistic.
@ speaking of info incorrect. I bought three snowball trees at different times. One was labelled to reach height of 1.5 metres two, .5 of a metre. I know math standards have dwindled, but that’s ridiculous. Unfortunately I think the lower height is what I have, when I particularly wanted the taller!
All you have to know is your zone or climate. For example, I'm in Adelaide and I'm in the Temperate zone, so that gives me an idea what I could sow or plant in my area during the different seasons. US and UK garden videos are not far off to us here. You find out where they're gardening from and what climate.
Usually followed by "Wherever you live!" Well, no! That's why it's best to do some research and keep a log to check the following years. I don't even agree with the Melbourne planting guides. I check 3 and they often suggest different plants.
I’m in Sydney - I’m currently growing several varieties of cherry tomatoes, blueberries, lettuces, bok choy, spring onions, strawberries, blackberries and herbs.
I once grew a crop of corn 5x5m. It was an after work meditation/hobby. Every afternoon, I'd make sure the mulch was high, and as the ears grew, I'd check every one for grubs. I ended up with about 100 ears, and friends came over to help us blanch, cut, and bag them. Each cob was perfect and cut into thirds. We and our friends didn't run out of corn for a .
This series is evergreen and can be referenced every year when you (me) inevitably forget what to plant this month. Would be interested in the other months' recommendations as well.
My wife loves pesto so I grow a lot of basil. She makes it from both basil & parsley in bulk then into the freezer on large baking trays (with baking paper so it does not stick) It is then cut into cubes , cryovaced & can be used all year. Great to throw a few cubes into spag bol as well or any pasta dish .
Yessss 🙌🏻 I LOVE that there’s finally a GOOD gardening channel that’s also Melbourne based!!! Keeps the garden tips and info in sync with what’s happening now in the garden❤
Can't wait for December and January one of these! Great video! And finally some Aussie timeframes! Watching all the USA and UK its always a "ooh can't wait for that season so i can grow that" kinda feel 😅
This is a great list. Im in Melbourne and have planted all of these except for corn and potato. I sowed my tomatoes mid August and they are already 1m tall in a double leader. Cant wait for the first harvest! ⏰
I did cherry tomatoes in September and the bottom growth all has little tomatoes nearly at cherry size. Still very green, though this hot weather might help change that!
I love this idea! In a few days I'll finally be moving into a place with enough sun to start growing vegetables, but I'm feeling stressed/rushed as everything I've been reading has said it'll be too hot to sow once summer comes. Keen to watch the video and hopefully find out if I can plant anything in December and January when we get there too :) Your videos have been helping me so much in all my beginner research!
Goodness knows what our weather is going to do. 36 in Adelaide today. Also we have received so little rain this year. If it gets too hot for your veggies, you can make simple frames and throw shade cloth over. I use this method to stop my capsicums from burning. I’ve seen it done with tomatoes too. Best of luck.
@@chrissye9720 We've had/having a mini heat wave in Victoria as well, three days of over 35°. I have planted out the capsicum seedlings which are still very small, and they were not happy about it on the first day, so gave them a 50% shade cloth cover and they are happy again. By late morning, you could feel the sting in the sun. I fold back the shade cloth so they get full sun for the early morning, then cover them again for the mid-day afternoon sun. They are babies, so have to baby them along! And yes, protect from sun scald. I had a few last year that were in a position that got sun for the entire day (including late afternoon) and a few patches of scald. So this year have a frame up with shade cloth to protect them in that area. They are in raised beds, and part of that protection is to protect from chicken (just the one) who has taken to jumping in the raised beds and having a good old scratch.
Between Christmas and New Year we bought lots of pots and planted zucchini, cucumber, eggplant, tomatoes, chillies, basil, (and other herbs) and lettuce. They're all from seedlings, and I hope it wasn't too late in the season. Our soil is not prepared for vegies, so we decided large pots would be easier for us for now. We're currently having a hot spell so everything's growing very well at the moment. My husband is even trying watermelon in pots, which I'm highly doubtful about lol. I hope you keep up the monthly series. It's a great idea.
Great list of what to sow or plant this time of the year for us here in Australia. Gardening for me this year will be different I'm starting all mine right now because I've been very sick most of this year. I missed my harvest last summer because I was in the hospital.I did pick up some tomato seedlings the other day but will chuck some seeds in the garden and see what happens. Yes, I will direct sow some corn, zucchinis, pumpkins, cucumbers, beans as they do grow easily. They're fuss free vegetables to grow. I'm looking forward to sowing some watermelons too. I bought different varieties of pumpkins and watermelons to grow. I'm also adding some summer blooming flowers in the mix too. I'm just sticking my seeds or plants where I could reach from my walker. Part of my rehab is to walk properly again. I get exercise and fresh air from gardening. My goal is to get better and uarvest something from my garden this season.
Some of your tomato seeds should fire up, they are quite fertile. I just dug out some self sown baby seedlings from the bed just the other day - it was great, because I think they were the variety I could not get a seedling for this year. Given I grow so many varieties of tomato each year, not sure that my seed saving will end up true to type in subsequent years. I mainly grow the heirloom varieties.
I like to use woodfibre cups to start the seeds in. I can move them around to suit until they are ready to plant and I have never lost a plant to root shock. Well worth the money for me.
I’m in Hobart. Currently harvesting Bok Choy and English Spinach, which are both threatening to go into flower mode. Also Daikon. Growing lettuce, potato, sweetcorn, zucchini, cucumber, tomato, chili, carrot, bush beans, scarlet runners, peas, and have several types of direct-sown broccoli emerging. Also direct-sown cabbage and Brussels sprouts. Thornless blackberry has just begun flowering, raspberries are producing fruit. There are some strawberries and blueberries too I think but haven’t seen those for a while. Garlic has just begun to form scapes. It’s looking ok although there are some rust affected leaves. Have been redeveloping the garden patch and was slow to get it all underway after a mainly fallow year from winter 23 to beginning of spring this year. My home grown onion seed appears to have lost all vitality. Seems like onion seed shelf life is short.
Strawberries, you forgot the strawberries! Easy to grow for a beginner, taste better than the rubbish in the supermarket. I still have my original plants in pots which are 8-9yo now, they don't produce a lot, but they do drop fruit and start off new seedlings for me. The last few years I have been growing strawberries in Kratky Method hydroponics (easiest hydro for beginners, less start up required). And I do nothing to over winter them, just leave them be, and next season they fire up again.
Great video. Excellent information. Easy to understand. Useful tips and tricks. One of the things I like the most about your video's is that you don't repeat yourself over and over like many others do. All it does is makes the video longer and more difficult to hear the important information. Like most here, it's fantastic to have a no nonsense/no gimmick Australian grower to help us 'newbies'. I only plant from seed. My adult daughter got me a seed subscription from The Seed Company. I can't recommend them highly enough. Just about every seed has germinated and sprouted. The ones that didn't were my 'learning' ones where I made a mistake. I grow in raised tubs I got from Bunnings. I made sure they were 45 cm deep. Not only that, but I also have 2 potato pots and a bunch of seed raising stuff. I'm having a bit of a problem with those damn green caterpillars eating my seedlings. I'm going to try to use some of your suggestions.
Love your content! I had no idea about the pollination of corn 🌽 I’m planting some this weekend so will make sure to plant them a little thicker! Thank you 🌱
But best of all (for me) a Victorian gardening channel. Most of them are Queenslanders, where you chuck anything in the ground and the next day it is a mature plant! (perhaps a slight exaggeration?) Just two weeks ago was our last (light) frost, and I did lose a few seedlings because I had not expected it. Now we are having a run of three days over 35°C. This is a ridiculous growing climate, it's supposed to be nice gentle Spring, lovely pleasant days in the 20s.
Trombone is a fascinating lovely vegetable to grow in temperate climate places like Adelaide Tender ones can be eaten raw in salad Tastes like tender pumpkin but much more soft and sweet
In the tropics this list would be very different with the type of vegetable being really important to grow through the wet season: Cherry Tomatoes Madagascar beans (for a hard bean) Snake beans (for a green bean) Radishes Corn JAP Pumpkin Sweet leaf (Sauropus Androgynus) for the leaves and stems Chilies Sweet potato (you can also eat the leaves)
I've taken to using the throw away coffee cups with plastic lids for growing seedlings, keeping the lid on until they germinate. Makes me feel better about all the disposable coffee cups I accumulate. 😆
I'm in Melbourne. My basil just keeps going to flower. I've got it planted in two different gardens. One is the kids school garden and they are planted with tomatoes. I have others in pots at home
I love watching, i have my own different methods lol I like lots of smaller tomatoes but that’s to avoid fruit fly etc mine is also for airflow and shade, I find in the Wimmera we need shade or they get baked and I under plant everything or companion plant on extreme levels. Great lists of what to plant, I have actually had tomatoes grow over several years and when it looks weak I have taken the top and replanted it, I found out by accident when I dropped a broken branch of a tomato plant on the soil and it rooted so I’m pleased your showing this, i actually lost a whole branch with fruit from strong winds and shoved it in a pot and it looks like it’s growing 2+ weeks ago and no fruit drop lol
🧅🧅🧅 I was literally looking for a video like this yesterday and getting so frustrated that even though they're called things like 'what to plant in X month no matter where you live' everything is US based. Thank you so much for this, I'm loving your videos. They're making it so easy for me as a first-time food gardener. I'd love to learn more about high yield plants and storage after harvest. A big part of why I'm food gardening is to reduce grocery costs, since the prices are going up and the quality is going down. I already make pickles from just about everything (highly recommend zucchini pickles) but everyone except me is getting sick of them apparently 😅
You are so right about the quality going down. Supermarket strawberries look pretty, but are tasteless (one of the first crops I grew, because I missed the taste). Tomatoes are another one, and I think in part because they are picked so early and stored for so long. I may try to sun dry tomatoes this year, as I will have too many. Way too many!
Thank you so much for this and the future videos too! I just moved to NZ from Canada and am also just getting into gardening. The common northern hemisphere info is certainly really confusing when I'm still trying to get used to living in the southern hemisphere. I've grabbed a few random plants that I knew were good over summer, but I'm starting to feel more confident about growing from seed and don't want to get the timing wrong.
Kings plant barn sell a garden diary that has good advice for what to do in the garden at different times of the year and has space for recording what you do and what the weather conditions have been like.
This is very helpfully, thankyou - I will look forward to each month's release! I'm very new to gardening (as in I planted my first green thing as an adult 4months ago at age 40!) I now have the forever home and have spent the last three months building the beds and soil formulas so actual local Victorian advise is so valuable! Love the channel.
All really good stuff to have in the garden. I've got everything on your list in mine, except eggplant.... because in season its very cheap in the shops and the garden-grown ones don't taste any better, in my experience. Growing choko instead. Harvested the spuds today (pontiacs) so the small ones will be going back in a couple of weeks. Also, practical tip for pumpkins/zucchini/squash is plant them in the very corners of your garden beds so they actually fruit between the beds. They spill over the edge and can form fruit on the mulch or a loose wooden frame and save space in the beds for other plants. A question for your upcoming question and answer show; Do you prune your chilli plants once they get going? Mine are just beginning to flower, but some of the bottom leaves were yellowing, so I took them off (similar to my tomatoes), along with some of the smaller shoots lower on the trunk. The idea being to send more nutrients to the higher branches with better light, as well as getting a bit more air around the base of the plants. What do you think?
I generally don't prune my chillies, but the main variety I grow is Thai chilli (the small one) which is a small plant. I did get two jalopeno this year to try out, I think they are a larger plant.
@@davinasquirrel7672 Yes, it's my jalapeño chillies that have shot up above the birdseye and cayenne chillies so far and which had the leaf yellowing down low. I also have a Rocoto Tree Chilli in its first year, but that hasn't needed any work so far.
@@anserbauer309 I knew instinctively that it would be a taller plant than my usual variety, which is called Thai, but smaller and skinnier fruit than a bird's eye. I wish they would come up with better names than just 'capsicum annuum' for almost ALL of them. And capsicum frutescens' doesn't do it for me either. Names, I need names!! More names! They are not all the same!
@@anserbauer309 Yup, it's like not dividing up 'cats'. Which can range from lions and tigers, to the cute little moggy on your lap. You really don't want the former on your lap. But sure. "all cats".
Comment to keep the algorithm happy and to spread the word on your wonderful channel. I’m in Melbourne and echo the other comments about having relevant ‘what to grow this month videos’ that aren’t for the Northern Hemisphere. Loving your work.
Love the ide even though from Mornington peninsula and consider myself professional im ethnic Italian to be exact and only know our way as there’s only certain varieties of vegetables we grow, I love to learn and expand Ty for posing this and it’s a great series what to plant each month maybe post these vids at the start of the month..Subbed just because of this idea as we can always learn..
I am currently growing the whole list. I love this channel, being a Sydneysider relocated to Canberra, I find Victoria has a more similar climate than back home so it’s perfect 👌🏼
You should try zucchini subs. Cut them lengthwise and scoup our some of the centre. Chop the centre fine, put to one side. Fill the centre of zucchini with finely chopped tomato and bacon. Top with finely chopped zucchini. Then sprinkle cheese on top. Add pepper if you like it. Put on a tray lined with alfoil and bake at 180° until sides are soft. I have friends who wouldn't eat zucchini, eat them and want more. Thanks for the growing info.
Great video, if you want a real challenge try growing veggies in Far North Queensland's North Tropical Coast, the wettest location in Australia. Challenges and all we still grow a great variety.
our springs suck, often being a mix of cold and hot spells, typically this way all the way to summer. wish i had a high tunnel. please keep reminding us when to do later sowings of summer crops. had a bumper crop of cherries first time, from a single dwarf tree, and managed to harvest before birds, without the hassle of netting. i've grown spuds a few times, with good results, but not my cup of tea anymore. the interesting thing about spuds is that whilst they can definitely rot in overly moist conditions, they break up clay soil somehow chemically into friable soil. how do they do that?
Some of my family do a pickled zucchini that is almost the same as pickled cucumbers (non-dill) which are great with meat or on savoury sandwiches etc.
Here in Toowoomba qld summer is tooooo hot. I grew them from autumn through to spring this year and they were much better. Couldn’t get many varieties though.
Hi from Auckland 😊 It's my first year trying to get serious about growing our food, so southern hemisphere lists like this are super useful for me! Happy to report that I actually planted out the top five from your list in the last week, plus some stuff not on the list that I hope will work fine here at this time (rockmelon, carrots, daikon).
@davinasquirrel7672 thanks! I thought so, but wondered if it needs to get properly hot for it (the record temp near my house is only 32°C! Such a change from living in Sydney, lol).
@@hermitliveshere I envy your record temp. I actually thought Auckland should have been more in line with Victoria, but it sounds like it could be closer to Tazzie? Too boost your growing temp, perhaps build a 'cold frame' (ie plastic, effectively a greenhouse) around the plant for when temperatures are below 20-25? But perhaps watch the humidity build up, and being a curcurbit would likely be susceptible to powdery mildew. Perhaps rig up a removable frame that has some ventilation at the bottom may reduce the humidity? All just my random thoughts based on instinct. As a Vic grower, I did get some fruit, but much less than more northern/QLD growers would get. Having said that, there is a tray of seedlings about to go out for this year. Previous attempt, the rats helped themselves to the few fruits I proudly grew!
@davinasquirrel7672 I think it's because Auckland is on a narrow neck of land with harbours around, we are quite tethered to the ocean temps - it gets hotter in parts of the South Island than it does here! Usual daytime max in summer is about 22-26 and nights are 18ish. Winter is like Sydney minus a degree or two in the day (the nights seem the same or warmer). Coldest I've seen it in 2.5 years here is 3°C. Truly marvellous climate for someone who has POTS and is triggered by the heat 😅
Very good information and I'm grateful for it. I live on the Gold Coast which is sub-tropical climate. Would you still try growing potatoes at this time of year? If not I'm happy to reintroduce nitrogen to the soil with a green crop to prepare soil beds for Autumn. I've watched plenty of your content over the past week upon coming across your channel. It's fantastic content and wish you all the best moving forward 👍👍
Hey bro, greetings from across the Tasman. I totally understand coming from the background of TikTok how having a close captioned intro can be a huge asset. However, over on this site it's a *massive* annoyance and your audience will happily turn on closed captions when necessary, I'd refrain from excessively using edited CC in the into and instead let your audience use accessibility tools where necessary! I only comment because I've had the same feedback myself with the benefit of a global audience. Your Antipodean audience can understand you perfectly well already, I promise you
It's actually really noticeable in a videos performance that it does worse without the captioned into. It's because of on some platforms like RUclips TV and some browsers you don't see a thumbnail, but just see the video playing without sound. I'd prefer not to do it but I can see on the analytics the videos with captions in the first 20 seconds do much better
Wont the summer heat kill tomato plants?. Wandered around Bunnings today and they been leaving half their new seedlings dry out (bit shocked). Flower power is better but tomato plants were 50% off today (the plants are around a foot to 2-3 foot tall)....
I'm growing exclusively in grow bags. I've seen a video with hoop netting for grow bags but can't find a tutorial. Can you show how this would be done for a grow bag?
Ive just moved back to Victoria from Beautiful Queensland ( don’t ask- I’m still grumpy at my husband) and don’t have water or a proper garden ready yet to start anything yet and I’m so annoyed. trying to wait
Thank you so much for this amazing video! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
I planted cucumber seeds direct last week, yesterday had 8-10 seedlings emerging...today there were zero. Rats are the biggest pain in the rear for a veg garden.
To stop it bolting you need to prune in the “V” - this way the plant grows out to a bushy shape and not up. If you see any sign of flower- prune it immediately. Basil won’t bolt if you do these things properly- just look up video on how to prune basil. 😊 👍
@@Dr_KAP I probably was not on top of it as much. Plus, I did read that bad watering can stress it and bolt it. I will try more pinching! And better watering. The other one that defeats me, coriander. Like how much soul-selling does one have to do to get it to flourish? I only have the one soul, and I suspect this is not enough currency. I am great at murdering it though, really great. I should make a video about it, starting with "looking at it the wrong way" and expand on that. The series entitled "101 ways to murder coriander without even trying"
As an Aussie I get frustrated with all the “what to plant now” videos uploaded from overseas gardeners. Thank you for this type of content. Hope your channel goes ballistic.
Me too then they try to sell you seeds which is technically illegal..And their info is completely wrong..
@ speaking of info incorrect. I bought three snowball trees at different times. One was labelled to reach height of 1.5 metres two, .5 of a metre. I know math standards have dwindled, but that’s ridiculous. Unfortunately I think the lower height is what I have, when I particularly wanted the taller!
I’m in New Zealand and feel the same!
All you have to know is your zone or climate. For example, I'm in Adelaide and I'm in the Temperate zone, so that gives me an idea what I could sow or plant in my area during the different seasons. US and UK garden videos are not far off to us here. You find out where they're gardening from and what climate.
Usually followed by "Wherever you live!" Well, no!
That's why it's best to do some research and keep a log to check the following years.
I don't even agree with the Melbourne planting guides. I check 3 and they often suggest different plants.
As a Namibian I opt for Aussie garden related channels if theres none close to home ...cause this Kalahari climate is battle...
Great a gardener that lives in Australia giving tips of interest to aussie gardeners at the right time
I’m in Sydney - I’m currently growing several varieties of cherry tomatoes, blueberries, lettuces, bok choy, spring onions, strawberries, blackberries and herbs.
We seem to end up commenting on a lot of the same channels, Doctor.
Same except lettuce (can never get them to grow properly for some reason),bok choy and blackberries (dont have the room since im using pots sadly)
I once grew a crop of corn 5x5m. It was an after work meditation/hobby. Every afternoon, I'd make sure the mulch was high, and as the ears grew, I'd check every one for grubs. I ended up with about 100 ears, and friends came over to help us blanch, cut, and bag them. Each cob was perfect and cut into thirds. We and our friends didn't run out of corn for a .
This series is evergreen and can be referenced every year when you (me) inevitably forget what to plant this month. Would be interested in the other months' recommendations as well.
My wife loves pesto so I grow a lot of basil. She makes it from both basil & parsley in bulk then into the freezer on large baking trays (with baking paper so it does not stick) It is then cut into cubes , cryovaced & can be used all year. Great to throw a few cubes into spag bol as well or any pasta dish .
Yessss 🙌🏻
I LOVE that there’s finally a GOOD gardening channel that’s also Melbourne based!!! Keeps the garden tips and info in sync with what’s happening now in the garden❤
Tell a friend 🌱
Can't wait for December and January one of these! Great video! And finally some Aussie timeframes! Watching all the USA and UK its always a "ooh can't wait for that season so i can grow that" kinda feel 😅
Look out, he's gone high tech. Flash powerpoint presentations, nice 👌
It was cute!
I blew the whole months video making budget on the tape & marker for this video
This is a great list. Im in Melbourne and have planted all of these except for corn and potato. I sowed my tomatoes mid August and they are already 1m tall in a double leader. Cant wait for the first harvest! ⏰
I did cherry tomatoes in September and the bottom growth all has little tomatoes nearly at cherry size. Still very green, though this hot weather might help change that!
I love this idea! In a few days I'll finally be moving into a place with enough sun to start growing vegetables, but I'm feeling stressed/rushed as everything I've been reading has said it'll be too hot to sow once summer comes. Keen to watch the video and hopefully find out if I can plant anything in December and January when we get there too :) Your videos have been helping me so much in all my beginner research!
You can definitely grow stuff year round in Aus
Goodness knows what our weather is going to do. 36 in Adelaide today. Also we have received so little rain this year. If it gets too hot for your veggies, you can make simple frames and throw shade cloth over. I use this method to stop my capsicums from burning. I’ve seen it done with tomatoes too. Best of luck.
@@juneshannon8074 That's really helpful, thank you!
@@chrissye9720 We've had/having a mini heat wave in Victoria as well, three days of over 35°. I have planted out the capsicum seedlings which are still very small, and they were not happy about it on the first day, so gave them a 50% shade cloth cover and they are happy again. By late morning, you could feel the sting in the sun. I fold back the shade cloth so they get full sun for the early morning, then cover them again for the mid-day afternoon sun. They are babies, so have to baby them along!
And yes, protect from sun scald. I had a few last year that were in a position that got sun for the entire day (including late afternoon) and a few patches of scald. So this year have a frame up with shade cloth to protect them in that area. They are in raised beds, and part of that protection is to protect from chicken (just the one) who has taken to jumping in the raised beds and having a good old scratch.
Between Christmas and New Year we bought lots of pots and planted zucchini, cucumber, eggplant, tomatoes, chillies, basil, (and other herbs) and lettuce. They're all from seedlings, and I hope it wasn't too late in the season. Our soil is not prepared for vegies, so we decided large pots would be easier for us for now. We're currently having a hot spell so everything's growing very well at the moment. My husband is even trying watermelon in pots, which I'm highly doubtful about lol. I hope you keep up the monthly series. It's a great idea.
Kiwi over here! Hoping this will cover us as Adelaide and Tassy are cooler like us..
Great list of what to sow or plant this time of the year for us here in Australia. Gardening for me this year will be different I'm starting all mine right now because I've been very sick most of this year. I missed my harvest last summer because I was in the hospital.I did pick up some tomato seedlings the other day but will chuck some seeds in the garden and see what happens. Yes, I will direct sow some corn, zucchinis, pumpkins, cucumbers, beans as they do grow easily. They're fuss free vegetables to grow. I'm looking forward to sowing some watermelons too. I bought different varieties of pumpkins and watermelons to grow.
I'm also adding some summer blooming flowers in the mix too. I'm just sticking my seeds or plants where I could reach from my walker. Part of my rehab is to walk properly again. I get exercise and fresh air from gardening. My goal is to get better and uarvest something from my garden this season.
Some of your tomato seeds should fire up, they are quite fertile. I just dug out some self sown baby seedlings from the bed just the other day - it was great, because I think they were the variety I could not get a seedling for this year. Given I grow so many varieties of tomato each year, not sure that my seed saving will end up true to type in subsequent years. I mainly grow the heirloom varieties.
I'm in Victoria so am thrilled to have stumbled on your channel. BTW have all 10 growing beautifully ATM. Cross fingers the weather stays good.
I like to use woodfibre cups to start the seeds in. I can move them around to suit until they are ready to plant and I have never lost a plant to root shock. Well worth the money for me.
I've started pinch pruning my tomatoes after watching your video about it.
We need a continuation of this series!!
I’m in Hobart. Currently harvesting Bok Choy and English Spinach, which are both threatening to go into flower mode.
Also Daikon.
Growing lettuce, potato, sweetcorn, zucchini, cucumber, tomato, chili, carrot, bush beans, scarlet runners, peas, and have several types of direct-sown broccoli emerging. Also direct-sown cabbage and Brussels sprouts. Thornless blackberry has just begun flowering, raspberries are producing fruit. There are some strawberries and blueberries too I think but haven’t seen those for a while. Garlic has just begun to form scapes. It’s looking ok although there are some rust affected leaves.
Have been redeveloping the garden patch and was slow to get it all underway after a mainly fallow year from winter 23 to beginning of spring this year. My home grown onion seed appears to have lost all vitality. Seems like onion seed shelf life is short.
Strawberries, you forgot the strawberries!
Easy to grow for a beginner, taste better than the rubbish in the supermarket.
I still have my original plants in pots which are 8-9yo now, they don't produce a lot, but they do drop fruit and start off new seedlings for me. The last few years I have been growing strawberries in Kratky Method hydroponics (easiest hydro for beginners, less start up required). And I do nothing to over winter them, just leave them be, and next season they fire up again.
Looking forward to what to plant in December 👍
Great video. Excellent information. Easy to understand. Useful tips and tricks.
One of the things I like the most about your video's is that you don't repeat yourself over and over like many others do. All it does is makes the video longer and more difficult to hear the important information.
Like most here, it's fantastic to have a no nonsense/no gimmick Australian grower to help us 'newbies'. I only plant from seed. My adult daughter got me a seed subscription from The Seed Company. I can't recommend them highly enough. Just about every seed has germinated and sprouted. The ones that didn't were my 'learning' ones where I made a mistake.
I grow in raised tubs I got from Bunnings. I made sure they were 45 cm deep. Not only that, but I also have 2 potato pots and a bunch of seed raising stuff.
I'm having a bit of a problem with those damn green caterpillars eating my seedlings. I'm going to try to use some of your suggestions.
Thank you for these great growing tips. I am currently growing basil, mint, peppers and tomatoes.
Brilliant! I stumbled across this video & cant thank you enough. Yes please do continue with this what to plant series!
Love your content! I had no idea about the pollination of corn 🌽 I’m planting some this weekend so will make sure to plant them a little thicker! Thank you 🌱
Love the low tech; no annoying hyper speech patterns, captions, and Australian
Such great options here! So happy to see a fellow aussie gardener! Thank you! 🙏💕✨
But best of all (for me) a Victorian gardening channel. Most of them are Queenslanders, where you chuck anything in the ground and the next day it is a mature plant! (perhaps a slight exaggeration?)
Just two weeks ago was our last (light) frost, and I did lose a few seedlings because I had not expected it. Now we are having a run of three days over 35°C. This is a ridiculous growing climate, it's supposed to be nice gentle Spring, lovely pleasant days in the 20s.
Thanks
Thank you!
Trombone is a fascinating lovely vegetable to grow in temperate climate places like Adelaide
Tender ones can be eaten raw in salad Tastes like tender pumpkin but much more soft and sweet
Just what I needed for this month.
Great concept and lots of useful tips, can't wait for December edition 👍
Fab - exactly what I needed to watch 😀
In the tropics this list would be very different with the type of vegetable being really important to grow through the wet season:
Cherry Tomatoes
Madagascar beans (for a hard bean)
Snake beans (for a green bean)
Radishes
Corn
JAP Pumpkin
Sweet leaf (Sauropus Androgynus) for the leaves and stems
Chilies
Sweet potato (you can also eat the leaves)
I've taken to using the throw away coffee cups with plastic lids for growing seedlings, keeping the lid on until they germinate. Makes me feel better about all the disposable coffee cups I accumulate. 😆
I'm in Melbourne. My basil just keeps going to flower. I've got it planted in two different gardens. One is the kids school garden and they are planted with tomatoes. I have others in pots at home
I love watching, i have my own different methods lol I like lots of smaller tomatoes but that’s to avoid fruit fly etc mine is also for airflow and shade, I find in the Wimmera we need shade or they get baked and I under plant everything or companion plant on extreme levels.
Great lists of what to plant, I have actually had tomatoes grow over several years and when it looks weak I have taken the top and replanted it, I found out by accident when I dropped a broken branch of a tomato plant on the soil and it rooted so I’m pleased your showing this, i actually lost a whole branch with fruit from strong winds and shoved it in a pot and it looks like it’s growing 2+ weeks ago and no fruit drop lol
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I was literally looking for a video like this yesterday and getting so frustrated that even though they're called things like 'what to plant in X month no matter where you live' everything is US based.
Thank you so much for this, I'm loving your videos. They're making it so easy for me as a first-time food gardener.
I'd love to learn more about high yield plants and storage after harvest. A big part of why I'm food gardening is to reduce grocery costs, since the prices are going up and the quality is going down.
I already make pickles from just about everything (highly recommend zucchini pickles) but everyone except me is getting sick of them apparently 😅
You are so right about the quality going down. Supermarket strawberries look pretty, but are tasteless (one of the first crops I grew, because I missed the taste). Tomatoes are another one, and I think in part because they are picked so early and stored for so long. I may try to sun dry tomatoes this year, as I will have too many. Way too many!
Thank you so much for this and the future videos too! I just moved to NZ from Canada and am also just getting into gardening. The common northern hemisphere info is certainly really confusing when I'm still trying to get used to living in the southern hemisphere. I've grabbed a few random plants that I knew were good over summer, but I'm starting to feel more confident about growing from seed and don't want to get the timing wrong.
Kings plant barn sell a garden diary that has good advice for what to do in the garden at different times of the year and has space for recording what you do and what the weather conditions have been like.
“Your tomatoes will be about a foot high” not me side eyeing the 1.5m tomatoes that sprang up out of nowhere 😂
This is very helpfully, thankyou - I will look forward to each month's release! I'm very new to gardening (as in I planted my first green thing as an adult 4months ago at age 40!) I now have the forever home and have spent the last three months building the beds and soil formulas so actual local Victorian advise is so valuable! Love the channel.
All really good stuff to have in the garden. I've got everything on your list in mine, except eggplant.... because in season its very cheap in the shops and the garden-grown ones don't taste any better, in my experience. Growing choko instead. Harvested the spuds today (pontiacs) so the small ones will be going back in a couple of weeks. Also, practical tip for pumpkins/zucchini/squash is plant them in the very corners of your garden beds so they actually fruit between the beds. They spill over the edge and can form fruit on the mulch or a loose wooden frame and save space in the beds for other plants.
A question for your upcoming question and answer show; Do you prune your chilli plants once they get going? Mine are just beginning to flower, but some of the bottom leaves were yellowing, so I took them off (similar to my tomatoes), along with some of the smaller shoots lower on the trunk. The idea being to send more nutrients to the higher branches with better light, as well as getting a bit more air around the base of the plants. What do you think?
I generally don't prune my chillies, but the main variety I grow is Thai chilli (the small one) which is a small plant. I did get two jalopeno this year to try out, I think they are a larger plant.
@@davinasquirrel7672 Yes, it's my jalapeño chillies that have shot up above the birdseye and cayenne chillies so far and which had the leaf yellowing down low. I also have a Rocoto Tree Chilli in its first year, but that hasn't needed any work so far.
@@anserbauer309 I knew instinctively that it would be a taller plant than my usual variety, which is called Thai, but smaller and skinnier fruit than a bird's eye.
I wish they would come up with better names than just 'capsicum annuum' for almost ALL of them. And capsicum frutescens' doesn't do it for me either. Names, I need names!! More names! They are not all the same!
@@davinasquirrel7672 with you all the way!
@@anserbauer309 Yup, it's like not dividing up 'cats'. Which can range from lions and tigers, to the cute little moggy on your lap. You really don't want the former on your lap. But sure. "all cats".
Great video. Lots of helpful tips
The frost gets my capsicums every time! Maybe I should plant a couple in pots?
Thank you, this video is great.....just what I needed.
Great video for Aussie
Great Gardening channel. love the detail and practical help.
Great video. Perfect timing for me. Well done. Thanks.
This is fantastic! I also love the cardboard “screen” and painters tape presentation. 10/10 😊
I love the What to Grow Now List :) We grow potatoes all year round at my place in Vic🥔🥔🥔🥔
Comment to keep the algorithm happy and to spread the word on your wonderful channel. I’m in Melbourne and echo the other comments about having relevant ‘what to grow this month videos’ that aren’t for the Northern Hemisphere. Loving your work.
Love the ide even though from Mornington peninsula and consider myself professional im ethnic Italian to be exact and only know our way as there’s only certain varieties of vegetables we grow, I love to learn and expand Ty for posing this and it’s a great series what to plant each month maybe post these vids at the start of the month..Subbed just because of this idea as we can always learn..
Text to speech so many typos my bad..
Ok capsicum and eggplant are new to me thought it was way too late for both I plant my second crop of tomatoes start of December I’m impressed..
Very nice plant information
I am currently growing the whole list. I love this channel, being a Sydneysider relocated to Canberra, I find Victoria has a more similar climate than back home so it’s perfect 👌🏼
You should try zucchini subs. Cut them lengthwise and scoup our some of the centre. Chop the centre fine, put to one side. Fill the centre of zucchini with finely chopped tomato and bacon. Top with finely chopped zucchini. Then sprinkle cheese on top. Add pepper if you like it. Put on a tray lined with alfoil and bake at 180° until sides are soft. I have friends who wouldn't eat zucchini, eat them and want more. Thanks for the growing info.
Gee that's a good idea!
Just found this channel.
Appreciate all the great advice! New subscriber 🎉
Great video. All your videos provide great insight. Cheers !
Great video, if you want a real challenge try growing veggies in Far North Queensland's North Tropical Coast, the wettest location in Australia. Challenges and all we still grow a great variety.
Love this! Thank you, sow-much 😉
Great Video - thanks for the information
Love the ‘list’….. tomorrow I’ll plant corn 🎉
im looking forward to my third year from my pumpkin, am slowly expending my garden
He forgot to add your picture perfect time of year to start them 🤣😂
@@HardCandy-d9q the time is NOW
Hello, i love you youtubes. You mentioned on one of them about buying bulk seeds. Can i get more info on that. Thanking you
our springs suck, often being a mix of cold and hot spells, typically this way all the way to summer. wish i had a high tunnel.
please keep reminding us when to do later sowings of summer crops.
had a bumper crop of cherries first time, from a single dwarf tree, and managed to harvest before birds, without the hassle of netting.
i've grown spuds a few times, with good results, but not my cup of tea anymore. the interesting thing about spuds is that whilst they can definitely rot in overly moist conditions, they break up clay soil somehow chemically into friable soil. how do they do that?
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Great video! Thanks!
Thanks for this series!!! I love it as I just started my home garden. I need to know how to stop my plants from being eaten all the time 😢😢
Excellent, exactly the info I need!
Thanks Ryan! I’ve been looking at my pumpkin seeds wondering whether it’s too late to start! Cheers from Melbourne 😊
Great video, just fyi there are some great zucchini relish recipes out there to use up some when your family and friends just won’t take anymore
Some of my family do a pickled zucchini that is almost the same as pickled cucumbers (non-dill) which are great with meat or on savoury sandwiches etc.
Here in Toowoomba qld summer is tooooo hot. I grew them from autumn through to spring this year and they were much better. Couldn’t get many varieties though.
Grew what ?? from Autumn to Spring. I'm in Qld too so interested to know
Hi from Auckland 😊 It's my first year trying to get serious about growing our food, so southern hemisphere lists like this are super useful for me! Happy to report that I actually planted out the top five from your list in the last week, plus some stuff not on the list that I hope will work fine here at this time (rockmelon, carrots, daikon).
Rockmelon (cantaloupe) should grow fine in Auckland. I am in central Victoria.
@davinasquirrel7672 thanks! I thought so, but wondered if it needs to get properly hot for it (the record temp near my house is only 32°C! Such a change from living in Sydney, lol).
@@hermitliveshere I envy your record temp. I actually thought Auckland should have been more in line with Victoria, but it sounds like it could be closer to Tazzie?
Too boost your growing temp, perhaps build a 'cold frame' (ie plastic, effectively a greenhouse) around the plant for when temperatures are below 20-25? But perhaps watch the humidity build up, and being a curcurbit would likely be susceptible to powdery mildew. Perhaps rig up a removable frame that has some ventilation at the bottom may reduce the humidity? All just my random thoughts based on instinct.
As a Vic grower, I did get some fruit, but much less than more northern/QLD growers would get. Having said that, there is a tray of seedlings about to go out for this year. Previous attempt, the rats helped themselves to the few fruits I proudly grew!
@davinasquirrel7672 I think it's because Auckland is on a narrow neck of land with harbours around, we are quite tethered to the ocean temps - it gets hotter in parts of the South Island than it does here! Usual daytime max in summer is about 22-26 and nights are 18ish. Winter is like Sydney minus a degree or two in the day (the nights seem the same or warmer). Coldest I've seen it in 2.5 years here is 3°C. Truly marvellous climate for someone who has POTS and is triggered by the heat 😅
Would love a video that talks about transferrable diseases ie cucumber virus that can affect tomato. Just a thought for the channel :)
Come for the gardening info, stay for the puns
Woah maybe I should change my channel description to this
Very good information and I'm grateful for it. I live on the Gold Coast which is sub-tropical climate. Would you still try growing potatoes at this time of year? If not I'm happy to reintroduce nitrogen to the soil with a green crop to prepare soil beds for Autumn. I've watched plenty of your content over the past week upon coming across your channel. It's fantastic content and wish you all the best moving forward 👍👍
Good video 👌
I still have not managed to have basil seeds germinate 😢
And my corn is stunted. Though I'm guessing that's due to the terrible soil here.
Hey bro, greetings from across the Tasman.
I totally understand coming from the background of TikTok how having a close captioned intro can be a huge asset. However, over on this site it's a *massive* annoyance and your audience will happily turn on closed captions when necessary, I'd refrain from excessively using edited CC in the into and instead let your audience use accessibility tools where necessary!
I only comment because I've had the same feedback myself with the benefit of a global audience. Your Antipodean audience can understand you perfectly well already, I promise you
It's actually really noticeable in a videos performance that it does worse without the captioned into. It's because of on some platforms like RUclips TV and some browsers you don't see a thumbnail, but just see the video playing without sound.
I'd prefer not to do it but I can see on the analytics the videos with captions in the first 20 seconds do much better
Corn is wind pollinated they don't need physically slap into each, just don't plant too far apart.
Wont the summer heat kill tomato plants?. Wandered around Bunnings today and they been leaving half their new seedlings dry out (bit shocked). Flower power is better but tomato plants were 50% off today (the plants are around a foot to 2-3 foot tall)....
I'm growing exclusively in grow bags. I've seen a video with hoop netting for grow bags but can't find a tutorial. Can you show how this would be done for a grow bag?
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Ive just moved back to Victoria from Beautiful Queensland ( don’t ask- I’m still grumpy at my husband) and don’t have water or a proper garden ready yet to start anything yet and I’m so annoyed. trying to wait
We are having temperatures in the 30s (Celsius). I'm thinking it might be pointless trying to grow my potatoes yet?
Thank you so much for this amazing video! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). Could you explain how to move them to Binance?
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My lemon basil has gone to seed already, she hates me 🥲
SO WHAT that was the first garden show on ABC by the bloke that whistled when he talked back in 1870s
Great video, done the Australian way, not the U.S way !
I planted cucumber seeds direct last week, yesterday had 8-10 seedlings emerging...today there were zero. Rats are the biggest pain in the rear for a veg garden.
I have the same issue (rats and mice get what the rats seem to miss).
The biggest challenge with basil is to stop it bolting. Once it bolts, it's pretty much all over. Bolted basil is the worst tasting stuff!
To stop it bolting you need to prune in the “V” - this way the plant grows out to a bushy shape and not up. If you see any sign of flower- prune it immediately. Basil won’t bolt if you do these things properly- just look up video on how to prune basil. 😊 👍
@@Dr_KAP I probably was not on top of it as much. Plus, I did read that bad watering can stress it and bolt it. I will try more pinching! And better watering.
The other one that defeats me, coriander. Like how much soul-selling does one have to do to get it to flourish? I only have the one soul, and I suspect this is not enough currency. I am great at murdering it though, really great. I should make a video about it, starting with "looking at it the wrong way" and expand on that. The series entitled "101 ways to murder coriander without even trying"
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how to stop grubs eating tomatoes?
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clean the webs off the table mate 😄
No leave them! I feel less bad about my webs 😂
Spiders kill garden pests btw :)
I didn't see the webs until I started editing the video haha
I watched the whole thing and didn't even notice. 😊
@@reneenolan8163 agree nature balances itself out saw a ladybug fight it’s way out of a web yesterday I was impressed and relieved..
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Anyone in S.E QLD got potatoes in from seed at the moment?
you have summer in november?! what planet are you on