What to plant in March in South Korea
10 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in March in South Korea, for the climate around Central Gangwon, South Korea (38°N, 127°E).
Climate: Cold continental winters with frosts from about October to April and nights reaching -16°C, then a warm, humid summer where most of the year's rain falls in July and August, so planting follows late spring and the monsoon.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Cool spring and autumn weather suits it, and it bolts less than in the hot summer months.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
It tolerates frost well and thrives in the cool shoulder seasons of this climate.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Onion Allium cepa
Sets planted in early spring mature well before the summer rains peak.
Harvest: 100–120 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Potato Solanum tuberosum
Cool spring soil and a summer harvest avoid the worst of the late-summer wet weather.
Harvest: 70–100 daysEasyIn pots
Fruits
Apple Malus domestica
Cold winters give the chill hours apple trees need, and the warm summers ripen the fruit.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerateCare guide →
Asian pear Pyrus pyrifolia
It is hardy to this winter minimum and ripens well in the long, warm autumn.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerate
Japanese plum Prunus salicina
Japanese plum cultivars are cold-hardy and fruit well in this climate.
Harvest: 3–4 yearsModerate
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Canes are very cold-hardy and fruit reliably each early summer.
Harvest: 1–2 yearsEasyCare guide →
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
It tolerates light frost and grows well in the cool seasons.
Harvest: 70–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Hardy perennial clumps survive the winter and return each spring.
Harvest: 60–75 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →