What to plant in August in Slovakia
6 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in August 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 →
Radish Raphanus sativus
It grows quickly in the mild seasons and gives a crop within a month.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots
Pea Pisum sativum
Cool spring and early autumn weather suits it well, and it avoids the summer heat.
Harvest: 60–70 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
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 →
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
It tolerates frost and keeps producing leaves through the mild seasons.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Dill Anethum graveolens
It grows fast in the warm summers and self-seeds readily.
Harvest: 40–60 daysEasyIn pots