What to plant in August in Netherlands
4 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in August in Netherlands, for the climate around Utrecht, Netherlands.
Climate: Cool temperate oceanic climate with frosts from roughly December to March, mild wet summers, and rain spread fairly evenly through the year with a wetter autumn.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Cool spring and autumn weather suits lettuce, and successive sowings avoid summer bolting.
Harvest: 30-60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
It thrives in the cool, moist conditions of spring and autumn and tolerates light frost.
Harvest: 40-50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
Radishes grow quickly in the cool temperate weather and can be sown almost all season.
Harvest: 25-35 daysEasyIn pots
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Strawberries are fully hardy and fruit reliably in the mild early summer.
Harvest: 60-90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →