Melbourne in February: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, February in Melbourne has run 14.9–26.0°C with about 43 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Melbourne is actually having, today.
Grow one in Melbourne's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in February in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ Frost is rare and confined to midwinter (recorded around Jul 12). Most of the year is frost-free; only the coldest weeks need cover.
☀️ About 11.5 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it warms by about 1.4°C from the first ten days to the last.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-February, then adding up the warmth Melbourne usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🥒 Cucumber | 315 | Dec 26 |
| 🎃 Pumpkin | 290 | Dec 1 |
| 🌽 Sweet Corn | 244 | Oct 16 |
| 🥒 Zucchini | 87 | May 12 |
| 🌿 Amaranth greens | 65 | Apr 20 |
| 🌻 Sunflower | 148 | Jul 12 |
| 🧅 Onion | 83 | May 8 |
| 🏵️ Marigold | 49 | Apr 4 |
| 🌿 Garlic chives | 63 | Apr 18 |
| 🥕 Carrot | 66 | Apr 21 |
| 🥬 Swiss chard | 44 | Mar 30 |
| 🥬 Bok Choy | 30 | Mar 16 |
🌡️ Winter melon never accumulate enough heat outdoors in Melbourne — not in any month. Locally these need a greenhouse or a warm windowsill.
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🥒 Cucumber about 101 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🎃 Pumpkin about 111 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 87 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 63 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Amaranth greens about 53 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower about 81 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 69 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold about 45 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Garlic chives about 56 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Carrot about 58 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Swiss chard about 42 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Bok Choy about 30 days to harvest Recent mean 20.4°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Rocket — 24 day(s) of heat stress
- 🌿 Spinach — 19 day(s) of heat stress
- 🌿 Coriander — 13 day(s) of heat stress
Other months in Melbourne
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Melbourne, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.