What to plant in April in Slovakia
18 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in April in Slovakia, for the climate around Bratislava area, Slovakia.
Climate: A continental climate with cold winters (nights down to -9 °C), hot summers (up to 40 °C) and fairly even rain through the year, with the wettest months in summer and winter.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Cool spring and autumn weather suits it, and it can be sown again every few weeks.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Potato Solanum tuberosum
Tubers are planted in early spring after the hard frosts and mature well before the summer heat.
Harvest: 90–120 daysEasyIn pots
Carrot Daucus carota
Cool, moist spring soil gives sweet roots, and sowing can continue into midsummer.
Harvest: 70–80 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
It grows quickly in the mild seasons and gives a crop within a month.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots
Onion Allium cepa
Sets planted in early spring bulb up as the days lengthen before the summer heat.
Harvest: 100–120 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Pea Pisum sativum
Cool spring and early autumn weather suits it well, and it avoids the summer heat.
Harvest: 60–70 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Kale Brassica oleracea
It tolerates the cold of winter and sweetens after frost, so it keeps producing late into the year.
Harvest: 60–70 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Beetroot Beta vulgaris
Cool spring and autumn temperatures give tender roots and it handles the continental summers.
Harvest: 55–70 daysEasyIn pots
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Hardy perennial plants survive the -9 °C winters and fruit well in the warm summers.
Harvest: about 1 yearEasyIn potsCare guide →
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Canes are fully hardy in the cold winters and crop reliably in the summer warmth.
Harvest: 1–2 yearsEasyCare guide →
Apple Malus domestica
Apple trees need cold winters to break dormancy and thrive in this climate.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsEasyCare guide →
Sour cherry Prunus cerasus
It is very cold hardy and needs the hot summers to ripen its fruit.
Harvest: 3–4 yearsModerate
Plum Prunus domestica
Hardy trees survive the winter minimum and ripen fruit in the warm late summer.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsEasy
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
It tolerates frost and keeps producing leaves through the mild seasons.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Perennial clumps survive the cold winters and regrow every spring.
Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Dill Anethum graveolens
It grows fast in the warm summers and self-seeds readily.
Harvest: 40–60 daysEasyIn pots
Thyme Thymus vulgaris
Hardy and drought tolerant, it handles the hot dry spells and cold winters.
Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Mint Mentha spicata
Hardy roots return every spring and thrive in the moist summer weather.
Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →