What to plant in August in Uruguay
12 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in August in Uruguay, for the climate around Montevideo, Uruguay.
Climate: Mild temperate coast with cool wet winters (frosts rare, nights seldom below 5 °C), warm humid summers reaching 31 °C, and rain spread fairly evenly through the year, with the wettest months in March and October.
Vegetables
Lettuce Lactuca sativa
Mild autumn and spring suit quick leaf crops and frosts rarely damage them.
Harvest: 45-60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Spinach Spinacea oleracea
Cool wet seasons keep it leafy and sweet, and it tolerates the winter lows easily.
Harvest: 40-50 daysEasyIn pots
Carrot Daucus carota
Loose sandy or well-worked soil in the mild climate gives straight roots in two seasons.
Harvest: 70-100 daysModerateIn potsCare guide →
Broccoli Brassica oleracea
Cool seasons prevent bolting and the mild winters keep plants growing.
Harvest: 70-100 daysModerateIn potsCare guide →
Beetroot Beta vulgaris
Cool seasons produce tender roots and the crop tolerates light frost.
Harvest: 55-70 daysEasyIn pots
Potato Solanum tuberosum
Two planting windows fit the mild climate and sacks on a balcony yield well.
Harvest: 90-120 daysEasyIn pots
Fruits
Strawberry Fragaria ananassa
Frost-tolerant plants fruit well in spring and early summer, and runners give new plants cheaply.
Harvest: 90-120 days from plantingEasyIn pots
Fig Ficus carica
Mild winters let it rest dormant and the hot dry summers ripen its fruit.
Harvest: 2-3 yearsEasyIn potsCare guide →
Peach Prunus persica
Enough winter chill for dormancy and hot summers ripen the fruit.
Harvest: 2-3 yearsModerateCare guide →
Raspberry Rubus idaeus
Cool wet winters suit canes and summer fruit is abundant.
Harvest: 1-2 yearsEasyCare guide →
Herbs
Parsley Petroselinum crispum
Mild winters keep it green and cool seasons prevent bolting.
Harvest: 70-90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Coriander Coriandrum sativum
Cool seasons suit it and it grows quickly before summer heat.
Harvest: 45-60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →