What to plant in March in Mexico
19 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in March 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 →
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
It tolerates light frost and bolts less in the cool highland season.
Harvest: 40–50 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
Pea Pisum sativum
Peas enjoy cool nights and fix nitrogen, making them a reliable cool-season crop here.
Harvest: 60–75 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Tomato Solanum lycopersicum
Warm days and cool nights give good fruit set once transplanted after the last frost.
Harvest: 70–90 daysModerateIn potsCare guide →
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 →
Onion Allium cepa
Onions handle highland frosts and mature well during the dry spring.
Harvest: 100–150 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Potato Solanum tuberosum
Highland cool nights and well-drained soil suit potatoes, planted after the frost risk passes.
Harvest: 90–120 daysModerateIn pots
Kale Brassica oleracea
Kale tolerates frost and sweetens in cold weather, so it crops through winter.
Harvest: 60–80 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Cool highland summers and frost-hardy crowns make strawberries a dependable bed or balcony fruit.
Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Fig Ficus carica
Figs tolerate the highland winter and enjoy the warm spring and summer heat.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasyIn potsCare guide →
Prickly pear Opuntia ficus-indica
A native cactus that thrives on the dry spring season and needs almost no water.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasyIn potsCare guide →
Tejocote Crataegus mexicana
This native hawthorn is adapted to highland frosts and produces its fruit in the autumn.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsEasy
Herbs
Coriander Coriandrum sativum
Coriander prefers the mild highland temperatures and bolts quickly only in strong heat.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Mint Mentha spicata
Mint thrives in the moist rainy season and tolerates the cool highland nights.
Harvest: 60–70 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus
Rosemary loves the sunny, dry spring and grows well in free-draining pots.
Harvest: 90–120 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Thyme Thymus vulgaris
Thyme handles frost and dry sunny spells, and it needs little water.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Parsley tolerates light frost and keeps producing leaves through the cool season.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →