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What to sow in December in New Zealand

In December, tomato, chilli, sweet pepper and more can go in outdoors in most of New Zealand, with leek, cabbage, pea outdoors only in milder places.

Outdoors in most of New Zealand

Good to go in 60% of towns or more.

Outdoors in milder places

Only where it’s warm enough this month.

Under cover

In a greenhouse or polytunnel.

Dates for your town

Exact dates change from town to town. Find yours for the whole year.

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How these dates are worked out: climate records for each town (ERA5-Land, 1995 to 2024), its frost dates and its height above sea level turn a seed-packet date into a local one. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information; towns from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). How sowing dates work