What to plant in September in Ukraine
7 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in September in Ukraine, for the climate around Kyiv area, Ukraine.
Climate: A continental climate with cold winters (down to about -22 °C), frosts from roughly October to April, warm summers reaching 36 °C, and fairly even rainfall with a wetter late spring and early autumn.
Vegetables
Spinach Spinacia oleracea
Cool spring and autumn weather keeps spinach sweet and prevents it from bolting.
Harvest: 40–50 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Successive sowings from spring to early autumn give fresh leaves through most of the growing season.
Harvest: 45–60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Radish Raphanus sativus
Its quick growth fits the long frost-free season and it fills gaps between other crops.
Harvest: 25–35 daysEasyIn pots
Garlic Allium sativum
Cloves planted in autumn overwinter under the cold and form bulbs ready the following summer.
Harvest: 240–300 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria × ananassa
Strawberries are fully hardy here and bear well in the warm early summer, especially in beds or hanging pots.
Harvest: 90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Herbs
Chives Allium schoenoprasum
Chives are hardy perennials that return every spring after the winter frosts.
Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Spearmint Mentha spicata
Spearmint is hardy in this climate and spreads vigorously, so it is best kept in a pot or a contained bed.
Harvest: 60–90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →