What to plant in April in Chile
10 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in April in Chile, for the climate around Valparaíso Region, central Chile.
Climate: Mediterranean climate with cool, wet winters (June to August, about 360 mm of rain in July), frosts on some winter nights (down to -1 °C), and warm, dry summers with almost no rain from December to March.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Mild autumn and spring temperatures give crisp leaves, and it bolts less than in the hot summer.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Broad bean Vicia faba
Hardy in cool, wet winters, it fixes nitrogen and gives an early harvest in spring.
Harvest: 90–120 daysEasy
Pea Pisum sativum
Tolerates the cool, wet winter well and produces before the dry summer heat arrives.
Harvest: 60–70 daysEasyCare guide →
Carrot Daucus carota
Its sandy, well-drained soils and cool shoulder seasons give sweet, straight roots.
Harvest: 70–80 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Garlic Allium sativum
Cloves need the cool winter to form bulbs, and the dry early summer lets them cure well.
Harvest: 200–240 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Cabbage Brassica oleracea
Frost-tolerant and happy in the cool, moist autumn and spring, forming firm heads.
Harvest: 80–100 daysEasyCare guide →
Beetroot Beta vulgaris
Quick and hardy in the mild seasons, it tolerates the cool nights and gives sweet roots.
Harvest: 50–70 daysEasyIn pots
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Frost-hardy plants that fruit in the warm spring and early summer, and grow well in planters.
Harvest: 90–120 days from planting (first fruit the next spring)EasyIn potsCare guide →
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Hardy through the mild winter and productive in the cool autumn and spring.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Coriander Coriandrum sativum
Prefers cool weather and bolts quickly in the heat, so the autumn and spring sowings suit it best.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →