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What to plant in October in Colombia

15 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in October in Colombia, for the climate around Bogotá highlands, Cundinamarca, Colombia.

Climate: Cool subtropical highland climate at about 2,600 m with frequent night frosts (coldest nights near 7 °C), mild days up to 26 °C, and a bimodal rainy season peaking in April and October, with the driest spell in July to September.

Vegetables

  • Lettuce Lactuca sativa

    Grows quickly in cool highland temperatures and can be sown across most of the year.

    Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →

  • Spinach Spinacia oleracea

    Prefers cool weather and bolts quickly in heat, which the highland climate avoids.

    Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →

  • Garlic Allium sativum

    Needs the cool, moderately dry conditions of the highland dry season to form bulbs.

    Harvest: 150–200 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →

  • Zucchini Cucurbita pepo

    Fast-growing and productive in the warm highland days once frost risk has passed.

    Harvest: 50–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →

Fruits

  • Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa

    Cool highland nights and mild days suit it, and it grows well in pots and hanging planters.

    Harvest: 90–120 days from plantingEasyIn potsCare guide →

  • Andean blackberry Rubus glaucus

    Native to the Andes and tolerant of cool, wet highland conditions and light frosts.

    Harvest: 1–2 yearsModerate

  • Feijoa Acca sellowiana

    Hardy to light frost and fruits well in the cool, temperate highland climate.

    Harvest: 3–5 yearsEasyIn pots

  • Tree tomato Solanum betaceum

    Native to the Andean highlands and fruits reliably in the cool, mild climate of Bogotá.

    Harvest: 2–3 yearsModerateIn pots

  • Goldenberry Physalis peruviana

    A native Andean plant that tolerates the highland temperatures and grows easily from seed.

    Harvest: 90–120 daysEasyIn pots

  • Lulo Solanum quitoense

    Andean fruit that grows well in the mild, frost-free periods of the highlands with good drainage.

    Harvest: 2–3 yearsModerateIn pots

  • Granadilla Passiflora ligularis

    Native to the Andes and climbs trellises well in the cool, moist highland climate.

    Harvest: 1–2 yearsModerate

Herbs

  • Coriander Coriandrum sativum

    Prefers cool weather and grows fast in the highland climate before bolting in heat.

    Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →

  • Spearmint Mentha spicata

    Vigorous in the moist, cool highlands and spreads readily in containers.

    Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →

  • Chives Allium schoenoprasum

    Perennial and fully frost-hardy, it suits the cool highland nights and grows well in pots.

    Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →

  • Thyme Thymus vulgaris

    Drought-tolerant and frost-hardy, it does well in the drier months of the highland climate.

    Harvest: 90–120 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →