What to plant in October in Finland
6 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in October 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.
Fruits
Redcurrant Ribes rubrum
Very hardy bushes survive -30 °C winters and need the cool summers to set fruit.
Harvest: 2-3 yearsEasy
Blackcurrant Ribes nigrum
It is among the hardiest fruit crops and thrives on the long cool summers and wet autumns.
Harvest: 2-3 yearsEasy
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Canes survive the winter minima, and the summer warmth ripens the berries in July.
Harvest: 1-2 yearsEasyCare guide →
Apple Malus domestica
Cold-hardy apple trees on dwarfing rootstock survive winter lows and need warm summer days to ripen fruit.
Harvest: 3-5 yearsModerateCare guide →
Haskap Lonicera caerulea
This shrub is extremely hardy, flowers after frost, and fruits well in the cool northern summer.
Harvest: 2-3 yearsEasy
Sea buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides
A native-style shrub that tolerates extreme cold and poor soil, and needs a male and a female plant to fruit.
Harvest: 3-4 yearsModerate