What to plant in August in Mexico
6 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in August in Mexico, for the climate around Mexico City highlands, Valley of Mexico.
Climate: A cool subtropical highland at about 2,240 m with frosts from roughly December to February, a warm dry spring, and a rainy season from June to October that delivers most of the year's rain.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Cool highland mornings and mild spring and autumn suit lettuce, and it grows quickly in a bed or a pot.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
Fast-growing and frost-hardy, radishes fill gaps between main crops in the cool months.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots
Chard Beta vulgaris
Chard handles cold and heat, and it keeps producing leaves for months.
Harvest: 50–60 daysEasyIn pots
Carrot Daucus carota
Loose volcanic-soil beds and cool temperatures give sweet, well-shaped roots.
Harvest: 70–80 daysModerateIn potsCare guide →
Kale Brassica oleracea
Kale tolerates frost and sweetens in cold weather, so it crops through winter.
Harvest: 60–80 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Parsley tolerates light frost and keeps producing leaves through the cool season.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →