What to plant in September in Uruguay
15 vegetables, fruits and herbs to sow or plant in September 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 →
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 →
Zucchini Cucurbita pepo
Warm spring and summer heat produce heavy yields from a single plant.
Harvest: 50-60 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Broccoli Brassica oleracea
Cool seasons prevent bolting and the mild winters keep plants growing.
Harvest: 70-100 daysModerateIn potsCare guide →
Sweet pepper Capsicum annuum
Long warm summers allow fruit to ripen fully outdoors.
Harvest: 80-100 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
Lemon Citrus limon
Frosts are rare and mild enough for citrus, and warm summers give fruit.
Harvest: 2-4 yearsEasyIn potsCare 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 →
Mint Mentha spicata
Moist conditions and mild temperatures let it spread vigorously.
Harvest: 60-90 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →
Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus
Mild winters and dry summer spells suit this perennial shrub well.
Harvest: 90-120 daysEasyIn potsCare guide →