What to plant in August in Finland
7 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in August in Finland, for the climate around Helsinki area, Uusimaa, Finland.
Climate: A cold northern climate with a short growing season: frosts from roughly October to May, winter minima near -18 °C, mild summers around 12-22 °C, and fairly even rainfall with a wetter autumn.
Vegetables
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
It thrives in cool spring and autumn temperatures and bolts less in long northern days than in heat.
Harvest: 40-50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Quick-growing leaves do well in the mild summer, and cool-season varieties resist early bolting.
Harvest: 45-60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
Its fast crop fits the short spring and late summer windows between frosts.
Harvest: 25-35 daysEasyIn pots
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Hardy plants survive under snow, and the long June days produce sweet berries.
Harvest: 1 yearEasyIn potsCare guide →
Herbs
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
A hardy perennial that regrows each spring and tolerates the frost.
Harvest: 60-70 days from seedEasyIn potsCare guide →
Dill Anethum graveolens
It grows quickly in the long northern summer days and self-seeds readily.
Harvest: 40-60 daysEasyIn pots
Mint Mentha spicata
A hardy perennial that thrives in moist soil and returns reliably each year.
Harvest: 60-90 days from cuttingsEasyIn potsCare guide →