What to Plant in December, Northern Rivers NSW

68 crops you can sow in December across Northern Rivers NSW.

In Season This Month

Fruit (20)

Banana Black Sapote Custard Apple Davidson Plum Dragon Fruit Guava Jaboticaba Jackfruit Kakadu Plum Longan Loquat Mandarin Mango Midyim Berry Passionfruit Pawpaw Pineapple Rambutan Star Fruit Tamarillo

Fruiting (17)

Bitter Melon Capsicum Chilli Cucumber Eggplant Lablab Luffa Okra Popcorn Pumpkin Rockmelon Snake Beans Sorghum Sweet Corn Watermelon Winged Beans Zucchini

Herb (13)

Basil Bay Laurel Chives Curry Leaf Galangal Lemon Myrtle Lemon Verbena Lemongrass Native Ginger Parsley Shiso (Perilla) Vietnamese Coriander Vietnamese Mint

Leafy (8)

Amaranth Brazilian Spinach Kang Kong Malabar Spinach Pigface Silverbeet Warrigal Greens Water Morning Glory

Micro (4)

Broccoli Sprouts Pea Shoots Radish Sprouts Sunflower Microgreens

Root (3)

Sweet Potato Taro Water Chestnut

Mushroom (2)

Oyster Mushroom Shiitake

Flower (1)

Sunflower

All December Crops at a Glance

Plant	Category	Harvest	Spacing	Companions
Amaranth	Leafy	30d	30cm	Corn, Onion
Banana	Fruit	450d	300cm	Sweet potato
Basil	Herb	65d	25cm	Tomato, Capsicum, Oregano
Bay Laurel	Herb	365d	200cm	n/a
Bitter Melon	Fruiting	70d	100cm	Corn, Beans
Black Sapote	Fruit	1825d	800cm	Tropical fruit trees
Brazilian Spinach	Leafy	60d	40cm	n/a
Broccoli Sprouts	Micro	7d	1cm	n/a
Capsicum	Fruiting	100d	45cm	Basil, Tomato, Carrot
Chilli	Fruiting	90d	45cm	Basil, Tomato, Carrot
Chives	Herb	75d	15cm	Carrot, Tomato
Cucumber	Fruiting	60d	50cm	Beans, Corn, Nasturtium
Curry Leaf	Herb	365d	200cm	n/a
Custard Apple	Fruit	1095d	600cm	n/a
Davidson Plum	Fruit	1095d	400cm	Native plants
Dragon Fruit	Fruit	540d	200cm	n/a
Eggplant	Fruiting	100d	60cm	Beans, Marigold, Thyme
Galangal	Herb	300d	60cm	Chilli, Lemongrass
Guava	Fruit	540d	400cm	n/a
Jaboticaba	Fruit	2555d	400cm	Tropical fruit trees
Jackfruit	Fruit	1460d	1000cm	Tropical fruit trees
Kakadu Plum	Fruit	1825d	600cm	Native plants
Kang Kong	Leafy	45d	20cm	n/a
Lablab	Fruiting	70d	30cm	Corn, Sunflower
Lemon Myrtle	Herb	365d	300cm	Native plants, Finger lime
Lemon Verbena	Herb	90d	100cm	Tomato, Beans
Lemongrass	Herb	180d	80cm	n/a
Longan	Fruit	1460d	800cm	Lychee, Mango
Loquat	Fruit	1095d	400cm	Fruit trees
Luffa	Fruiting	120d	150cm	Beans, Corn
Malabar Spinach	Leafy	50d	40cm	Corn, Beans
Mandarin	Fruit	1095d	400cm	Nasturtium, Marigold
Mango	Fruit	1095d	800cm	n/a
Midyim Berry	Fruit	365d	100cm	Native plants, Lemon myrtle
Native Ginger	Herb	365d	60cm	Native plants, Davidson plum
Okra	Fruiting	75d	40cm	Basil, Capsicum
Oyster Mushroom	Mushroom	21d	n/a	n/a
Parsley	Herb	80d	20cm	Tomato, Carrot
Passionfruit	Fruit	400d	200cm	n/a
Pawpaw	Fruit	300d	200cm	n/a
Pea Shoots	Micro	12d	1cm	n/a
Pigface	Leafy	60d	40cm	n/a
Pineapple	Fruit	540d	60cm	n/a
Popcorn	Fruiting	120d	30cm	Beans, Pumpkin, Lettuce
Pumpkin	Fruiting	120d	150cm	Corn, Beans, Nasturtium
Radish Sprouts	Micro	8d	1cm	n/a
Rambutan	Fruit	1825d	800cm	Tropical fruit trees
Rockmelon	Fruiting	85d	100cm	Corn, Nasturtium
Shiitake	Mushroom	60d	n/a	n/a
Shiso (Perilla)	Herb	50d	30cm	Eggplant, Tomato
Silverbeet	Leafy	60d	30cm	Beans, Onion, Lettuce
Snake Beans	Fruiting	55d	20cm	Carrot, Corn
Sorghum	Fruiting	120d	15cm	Cowpea, Beans
Star Fruit	Fruit	730d	600cm	n/a
Sunflower	Flower	80d	50cm	Cucumber, Corn, Tomato
Sunflower Microgreens	Micro	10d	1cm	n/a
Sweet Corn	Fruiting	90d	30cm	Beans, Pumpkin, Zucchini
Sweet Potato	Root	150d	50cm	Beans, Corn, Marigold
Tamarillo	Fruit	540d	300cm	n/a
Taro	Root	270d	60cm	n/a
Vietnamese Coriander	Herb	40d	30cm	Chilli, Eggplant
Vietnamese Mint	Herb	60d	30cm	n/a
Warrigal Greens	Leafy	60d	60cm	n/a
Water Chestnut	Root	180d	30cm	Kangkong, Taro
Water Morning Glory	Leafy	30d	20cm	Kangkong, Taro
Watermelon	Fruiting	90d	150cm	Corn, Nasturtium
Winged Beans	Fruiting	65d	30cm	Corn, Sweet potato, Basil
Zucchini	Fruiting	60d	80cm	Nasturtium, Corn, Beans

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