What to plant in July in Norway
5 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in July in Norway, for the climate around Southeastern Norway, Innlandet near Lillehammer.
Climate: A cold boreal climate with hard winters (nights to -21 °C), frost possible into late May and again from late August, a short warm season of about 4 to 5 months, and fairly even rainfall with a wetter autumn.
Vegetables
Carrot Daucus carota
Cool summers give sweet, crisp roots with little bolting.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Long daylight and mild temperatures produce leafy heads quickly.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Beetroot Beta vulgaris
Cool summers keep roots sweet and tender.
Harvest: 55–70 daysEasyIn pots
Radish Raphanus sativus
Quick-maturing and frost-tolerant, it can be sown many times through the season.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots
Herbs
Dill Anethum graveolens
Cool summers keep the leaves tender and slow flowering.
Harvest: 40–60 daysEasyIn pots