What to sow and harvest in October?
Sow indoors
Nothing this month.
Sow outdoors
- Common poppy Papaver rhoeas: don’t cover: light germinator, germinates from 10 °C (best 20 °C), comes up after 10–20 days
Planting out and planting
- Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia fulgida
- Catmint Nepeta × faassenii
- Columbine Aquilegia vulgaris
- Crocus Crocus tommasinianus
- Daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus
- Foxglove Digitalis purpurea
- Garlic Allium sativum
- Globe thistle Echinops ritro
- Hollyhock Alcea rosea
- Honesty Lunaria annua
- Ice plant Hylotelephium spectabile
- Lily Lilium regale
- Lupin Lupinus polyphyllus
- Michaelmas daisy Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
- Onion Allium cepa
- Ornamental onion Allium hollandicum
- Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare
- Pansy Viola × wittrockiana
- Peony Paeonia lactiflora
- Phlox Phlox paniculata
- Purple coneflower Echinacea purpurea
- Rhubarb Rheum × hybridum
- Snowdrop Galanthus nivalis
- Tulip Tulipa gesneriana
- Woodland sage Salvia nemorosa
- Yarrow Achillea millefolium
Harvest from the vegetable garden
- Beetroot Beta vulgaris var. conditiva
- Broccoli Brassica oleracea var. italica
- Brussels sprouts Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera
- Carrot Daucus carota subsp. sativus
- Cauliflower Brassica oleracea var. botrytis
- Celeriac Apium graveolens var. rapaceum
- Celery Apium graveolens var. dulce
- Chervil Anthriscus cerefolium
- Chinese cabbage Brassica rapa subsp. pekinensis
- Chives Allium schoenoprasum
- Climbing French bean Phaseolus vulgaris var. vulgaris
- Coriander Coriandrum sativum
- Courgette Cucurbita pepo
- Dill Anethum graveolens
- Endive Cichorium endivia
- Florence fennel Foeniculum vulgare var. azoricum
- Kohlrabi Brassica oleracea var. gongylodes
- Lamb’s lettuce Valerianella locusta
- Leek Allium porrum
- Lettuce Lactuca sativa var. capitata
- Loose-leaf lettuce Lactuca sativa var. crispa
- Mint Mentha
- Pak choi Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis
- Parsley Petroselinum crispum
- Parsnip Pastinaca sativa
- Pumpkin Cucurbita maxima
- Radish Raphanus sativus
- Red cabbage Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra
- Rocket Eruca vesicaria
- Sage Salvia officinalis
- Savoy cabbage Brassica oleracea var. sabauda
- Spinach Spinacia oleracea
- Spring onion Allium fistulosum
- Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
- Sweet pepper Capsicum annuum
- Sweetcorn Zea mays var. saccharata
- Swiss chard Beta vulgaris var. cicla
- Thyme Thymus vulgaris
- Tomato Solanum lycopersicum
- White cabbage Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. alba
To pick from trees and shrubs
- Almond: nuts
- American cranberry: berries
- Apple: fruit
- Barberry: berries
- Beech: nuts
- Black walnut: nuts
- Blackthorn: fruit
- Blue sausage fruit: fruit
- Cape gooseberry: fruit
- Chilean guava: berries
- Chinese quince: fruit
- Chocolate vine: fruit
- Cinnamon rose: fruit
- Common juniper: berries
- Cowberry: berries
- Crab apple: fruit
- Dog rose: fruit
- Duke of Argyll’s teaplant: berries
- English oak: nuts
- European nettle tree: fruit
- Field-rose: fruit
- Filbert: nuts
- Flowering quince: fruit
- Grapevine: fruit
- Hardy kiwi: fruit
- Harsh downy-rose: fruit
- Hawthorn: berries
- Hazel: nuts
- Japanese cornel: fruit
- Japanese crab apple: fruit
- Japanese persimmon: fruit
- Japanese quince: fruit
- Japanese rose: fruit
- Japanese rowan: berries
- Jujube: fruit
- Kiwi fruit: fruit
- Kousa dogwood: fruit
- Lime: fruit
- Medlar: fruit
- Midland hawthorn: berries
- Olive tree: fruit
- Oriental beech: nuts
- Passion fruit: fruit
- Pawpaw: fruit
- Pear: fruit
- Pineapple guava: fruit
- Pomegranate: fruit
- Quince: fruit
- Raspberry: fruit
- Red chokeberry: berries
- Red-leaved rose: fruit
- Rowan: berries
- Sea buckthorn: berries
- Service tree: fruit
- Sessile oak: nuts
- Shining rose: fruit
- Siberian crab apple: fruit
- Strawberry tree: fruit
- Swedish whitebeam: berries
- Sweet chestnut: nuts
- Sweet-briar: fruit
- Turkish hazel: nuts
- Virginia rose: fruit
- Walnut: nuts
- Whitebeam: berries
- Wild pear: fruit
- Wild service tree: berries
To pick from perennials and herbs
- Common mallow: flowers
- Common sorrel: leaves
- French sorrel: leaves
- Lesser calamint: leaves
- Saffron crocus: flowers
- Salad burnet: leaves
- Winter savory: leaves
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