What to plant in September in Romania
7 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in September in Romania, for the climate around Bucharest, Romania.
Climate: Cold winters with hard frosts down to about -13 °C, hot summers reaching 37 °C, and rain concentrated in late spring, summer and autumn, with a drier late summer.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Cool spring and early autumn weather gives crisp leaves, and it grows well in shallow containers.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
Quick-maturing roots suit the cool shoulder seasons and need almost no care.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots
Garden pea Pisum sativum
Cool spring weather suits peas well, and an early autumn sowing also works.
Harvest: 60–70 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Hardy plants survive the frosts and produce sweet berries in early summer.
Harvest: 1 year from plantingEasyIn potsCare guide →
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Hardy and cold-tolerant, it keeps producing leaves through the cool seasons.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Thyme Thymus vulgaris
Drought-tolerant and winter-hardy, it suits the dry late summers and well-drained soil.
Harvest: 70–90 days from seedlingsEasyIn potsCare guide →
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Perennial and fully hardy, chives regrow each spring after the frosts.
Harvest: 60–75 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →