What to sow in July
In zone 8, most of the UK, July has 9 crops to sow or plant: lettuce, radish, carrot, dwarf bean, climbing bean, beetroot, parsley and broccoli.
Sow direct in July
Plant out in July
What to harvest in July
- Tomato
- Cherry tomato
- Lettuce
- Radish
- Carrot
- Onion
- Courgette
- Dwarf bean
- Sweet corn
- Sunflower
- Spinach
- Broad bean
- Strawberry
- Basil
- Flower strip
- Cucumber
- Climbing bean
- Pea
- Beetroot
- Turnip
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Broccoli
- Kale
- Sweet pepper
- Aubergine
- Potato
- Raspberry
- Parsley
- Thyme
- Rosemary
- Chives
- Mint
- Melon
- Celery
In the other zones
| Zone 6−23 to −18 °C (−10 to 0 °F): high mountains | lettuce, radish, dwarf bean and parsley |
|---|---|
| Zone 7−18 to −12 °C (0 to 10 °F): upland Britain, eastern France, the Alps | lettuce, radish, carrot, dwarf bean, climbing bean, beetroot, kale and parsley |
| Zone 8 (reference)−12 to −7 °C (10 to 20 °F): most of the UK and France | lettuce, radish, carrot, dwarf bean, climbing bean, beetroot, broccoli, kale and parsley |
| Zone 9−7 to −1 °C (20 to 30 °F): south-west England, Brittany, Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts | carrot, dwarf bean, climbing bean, beetroot, kale and parsley |
| Zone 10−1 to 4 °C (30 to 40 °F): Isles of Scilly, the French Riviera, coastal Corsica | nothing new this month: tend and harvest |
Indicative months. A cold year or a garden at altitude shifts everything by a month; watch the frosts too.
Next month
August brings spinach, corn salad, strawberry, green manure (phacelia), turnip, cabbage and cauliflower: make room for them now.
Questions about July
What to sow in July in zone 8?
Sow direct: lettuce, radish, carrot, dwarf bean, climbing bean, beetroot and parsley. Plant out: broccoli and kale. The table above covers zones 6 to 10.
What is harvested in July?
tomato, cherry tomato, lettuce, radish, carrot, onion, courgette, dwarf bean, sweet corn, sunflower, spinach, broad bean, strawberry, basil, flower strip, cucumber, climbing bean, pea, beetroot, turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, sweet pepper, aubergine, potato, raspberry, parsley, thyme, rosemary, chives, mint, melon and celery, depending on the sowing or planting date.
I am in zone 7 or zone 9, what changes?
Zone 7: lettuce, radish, carrot, dwarf bean, climbing bean, beetroot, kale and parsley. Zone 9: carrot, dwarf bean, climbing bean, beetroot, kale and parsley. A colder zone shifts sowing by about a month; Hortipix uses your own zone.
Updated 20 October 2026, Hortipix catalogue version 1. Windows still being checked against Le Guide Clause, Vilmorin and Terre vivante (RHS and Cornell for the UK and the US), compared with OpenFarm (CC0). They remain indicative.