What to plant in September in Austria
7 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in September in Austria, for the climate around Vienna area, Austria (48°N, 16°E).
Climate: Cool continental climate with hard winters (nightly minima down to -10 °C, frosts from November to March), a warm summer up to about 34 °C, and fairly even rain of 20 to 85 mm a month, peaking in June.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Quick and cold-tolerant, it thrives in the cool spring and autumn and grows well in pots.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
It matures in cool spring and autumn weather and is ready in weeks.
Harvest: 25–40 daysEasyIn pots
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
Frost-hardy, it does best in the cool shoulder seasons and avoids bolting in the summer heat.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Fully hardy and productive in Austrian summers, and it fruits well in beds, pots and hanging planters.
Harvest: 1 yearEasyIn potsCare guide →
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Hardy and slow to bolt, it keeps producing through the mild seasons.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Fully frost-hardy, it regrows each spring and suits both beds and pots.
Harvest: 60–80 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Thyme Thymus vulgaris
Hardy and drought-tolerant, it copes with the dry spells and cold winters here.
Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →