What to plant in August in Hungary
6 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in August in Hungary, for the climate around Central Slovakia (Banská Bystrica area), 48°N 19°E.
Climate: Cold continental climate with severe winters (down to about -16 °C), last spring frosts into late April, a warm wet early summer and a dry-ish late summer, with hot days up to about 37 °C.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Cool spring and autumn weather suits lettuce, and it bolts less than in the hot summer.
Harvest: 45-60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
It tolerates frost and thrives in the cool spring and autumn of this continental climate.
Harvest: 40-50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
Fast-growing and frost-hardy, radishes can be sown in succession from April to August.
Harvest: 25-30 daysEasyIn pots
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Hardy perennial plants survive the winter cold and fruit well in the warm early summer.
Harvest: about 12 months (fruit the following summer)EasyIn potsCare guide →
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Parsley is frost-tolerant and keeps producing leaves through the cool seasons.
Harvest: 70-90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Dill Anethum graveolens
Dill sown in succession from spring to midsummer thrives in the warm, sunny weather.
Harvest: 40-60 daysEasyIn pots