What to plant in January in Morocco
12 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in January in Morocco, for the climate around Rabat-Salé, Morocco.
Climate: Mild Mediterranean-Atlantic climate with cool, rainy winters (coldest nights about 11–13 °C, wettest in Nov–Jan) and dry, hot summers (up to 27 °C days, almost no rain Jun–Sep), so crops are sown in autumn and winter and summer crops need irrigation.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Mild winters let it grow through the cool season, and it bolts quickly in the summer heat.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Carrot Daucus carota
Cool autumn and winter soils grow sweet, straight roots, and the crop stores well in the ground.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Onion Allium cepa
Planted in autumn it bulbs up during the long, dry spring days, which suits this climate.
Harvest: 120–150 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Broad bean Vicia faba
Hardy in the mild winter and cropped before the summer heat arrives.
Harvest: 90–120 daysEasy
Pea Pisum sativum
Cool, wet winters suit it and it finishes before the dry, hot months.
Harvest: 60–80 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Potato Solanum tuberosum
Early-spring planting avoids the late frosts and the summer heat that stops tuber growth.
Harvest: 80–110 daysModerateIn pots
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
Mild winters give tender leaves, and it is harvested before bolting in spring.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Fruits
Fig Ficus carica
Mild winters without hard frost and long dry summers ripen the fruit well, and it tolerates drought.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasyIn potsCare guide →
Grape vine Vitis vinifera
Planted bare-root in winter, it grows through the wet spring and ripens its fruit in the dry late summer.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsModerateIn potsCare guide →
Apricot Prunus armeniaca
Its winter chill is met by the cool months and the dry summer gives good fruit quality.
Harvest: 3–4 yearsModerateIn pots
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Cool, mild winters give lush leaves, and it tolerates light frost.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Coriander Coriandrum sativum
Grows best in cool winter weather and bolts quickly once the summer heat arrives.
Harvest: 40–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →