What to plant in July in Chile
7 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in July 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
Pea Pisum sativum
Tolerates the cool, wet winter well and produces before the dry summer heat arrives.
Harvest: 60–70 daysEasyCare guide →
Onion Allium cepa
Planted as sets or seedlings in the cool winter, it bulbs up as days lengthen in spring and stores well after the dry summer.
Harvest: 120–150 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Fruits
Blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum
Winter chill hours are ample here, and the acidic soil and dry summers suit its growth in pots or beds.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsModerateIn potsCare guide →
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Cold-hardy canes thrive in the cool, wet winter and fruit well in the mild spring.
Harvest: 1 yearEasyCare guide →
Apple Malus domestica
Its cold winters supply the chill hours apples need, and the warm, dry autumn gives good fruit.
Harvest: 3–4 yearsEasyCare guide →
Fig Ficus carica
Hot, dry summers ripen figs well, and its mild winters are tolerated with a little protection.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasyIn potsCare guide →
Sweet cherry Prunus avium
Cold winters satisfy its chill requirement, and the dry late spring keeps fruit from cracking.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerate