What to sow in November
In zone 8, most of the UK, November has 5 crops to sow or plant: broad bean, pea, onion, garlic and raspberry.
Sow direct in November
Plant out in November
What to harvest in November
- Tomato
- Cherry tomato
- Lettuce
- Radish
- Carrot
- Spinach
- Corn salad
- Leek
- Winter squash
- Red kuri squash
- Climbing bean
- Beetroot
- Turnip
- Cabbage
- Broccoli
- Kale
- Sweet pepper
- Aubergine
- Parsley
- Thyme
- Rosemary
- Chives
- Mint
- Celery
In the other zones
| Zone 6−23 to −18 °C (−10 to 0 °F): high mountains | garlic and raspberry |
|---|---|
| Zone 7−18 to −12 °C (0 to 10 °F): upland Britain, eastern France, the Alps | onion, garlic and raspberry |
| Zone 8 (reference)−12 to −7 °C (10 to 20 °F): most of the UK and France | onion, garlic, broad bean, pea and raspberry |
| Zone 9−7 to −1 °C (20 to 30 °F): south-west England, Brittany, Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts | onion, garlic, corn salad, broad bean, pea and raspberry |
| Zone 10−1 to 4 °C (30 to 40 °F): Isles of Scilly, the French Riviera, coastal Corsica | lettuce, radish, carrot, onion, garlic, spinach, corn salad, broad bean, strawberry, flower strip, green manure (phacelia), leek, pea, beetroot, turnip, cabbage, raspberry, parsley, thyme, rosemary, chives and mint |
Indicative months. A cold year or a garden at altitude shifts everything by a month; watch the frosts too.
Next month
nothing new this month: tend and harvest
Questions about November
What to sow in November in zone 8?
Sow direct: broad bean and pea. Plant out: onion, garlic and raspberry. The table above covers zones 6 to 10.
What is harvested in November?
tomato, cherry tomato, lettuce, radish, carrot, spinach, corn salad, leek, winter squash, red kuri squash, climbing bean, beetroot, turnip, cabbage, broccoli, kale, sweet pepper, aubergine, parsley, thyme, rosemary, chives, mint and celery, depending on the sowing or planting date.
I am in zone 7 or zone 9, what changes?
Zone 7: onion, garlic and raspberry. Zone 9: onion, garlic, corn salad, broad bean, pea and raspberry. 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.