What to plant in October in Darwin
Darwin has a tropical climate. Frost is rare in the city itself. Worked out from ten years of daily weather (2016–2025), not from a national zone map.
Sow now
- Cucumberall year
- Pumpkinall year
- Rockmelonall year
- Watermelonall year
- Sweet cornall year
- Snake beanall year
- Okraall year
- Basilall year
- Sunflowerall year
Plant out seedlings
- Sweet potatoall year
Start seed indoors
Nothing to start indoors this month.
Plan it for your own garden
Ouleo turns this into reminders on your days off — even on shift work — with frost and heat alerts from the forecast for your street, not the city centre.
Darwin sowing calendar
S Sow outdoors (or plant seedlings, where both work)P Plant out seedlingsI Start seed indoors
| Crop | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruiting vegetables | ||||||||||||
| Capsicum | I | I | P | P | P | |||||||
| Chilli | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | I | I | ||
| Eggplant | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | I | I | ||
| Cucumber | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Zucchini | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | I | ||
| Pumpkin | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Rockmelon | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Watermelon | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Sweet corn | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Dwarf bean | S | S | S | S | ||||||||
| Climbing bean | S | S | S | S | ||||||||
| Snake bean | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Okra | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Sunflower | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
| Salads and leafy greens | ||||||||||||
| Mustard greens | S | S | S | |||||||||
| Cabbage family | ||||||||||||
| Pak choi | I | S | S | S | ||||||||
| Roots and tubers | ||||||||||||
| Sweet potato | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P |
| Herbs | ||||||||||||
| Basil | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |
35 common crops are left out because this climate does not suit them outdoors.
City-centre climate. Gardens in frost hollows or the hills get later spring frosts and earlier autumn ones; a greenhouse or a sheltered north-facing wall widens every window. Set your own location in Ouleo for your garden's calendar.