What to plant in March in Slovakia

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 →

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 →

Blackcurrant Ribes nigrum

It needs cold winters to rest and gives heavy crops in the cool, moist early summer.

Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasy

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

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 →