What to plant in October in Sweden
5 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in October in Sweden, for the climate around Stockholm, Sweden.
Climate: A cold continental-maritime climate with hard winters (nights down to -17 °C, frost from roughly October to April), a short warm summer and fairly even rainfall year-round, peaking in June and October.
Fruits
Apple Malus domestica
Hardy cultivars survive the -17 °C winters and need the cool summers to ripen fruit.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerateCare guide →
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Canes are fully hardy and yield well in the cool, moist summers.
Harvest: 1–2 yearsEasyIn potsCare guide →
Blackcurrant Ribes nigrum
Thrives in cold winters, which it needs for dormancy, and yields heavily here.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasy
Gooseberry Ribes uva-crispa
A very hardy shrub that copes well with frost and cool summers.
Harvest: 2–3 yearsEasy
Plum Prunus domestica
Hardy European plum varieties survive the winters and ripen in late summer.
Harvest: 3–5 yearsModerate