What to plant in December in Uruguay

3 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in December 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

  • Tomato Solanum lycopersicum

    Warm, sunny summers give long ripening and seedlings are sold everywhere in spring.

    Harvest: 70-90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →

  • Bush bean Phaseolus vulgaris

    Warm soil after frost gives fast, reliable harvests of pods.

    Harvest: 55-65 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →

Herbs

  • Basil Ocimum basilicum

    Warm summers give vigorous growth and it thrives in sunny pots.

    Harvest: 30-40 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →