What to sow in October
In zone 8, most of the UK, October has 7 crops to sow or plant: corn salad, broad bean, green manure (phacelia), pea, onion, garlic and raspberry.
Sow direct in October
Plant out in October
What to harvest in October
- Tomato
- Cherry tomato
- Lettuce
- Radish
- Carrot
- Courgette
- Dwarf bean
- Sweet corn
- Sunflower
- Spinach
- Corn salad
- Basil
- Flower strip
- Leek
- Cucumber
- Winter squash
- Red kuri squash
- Climbing bean
- Beetroot
- Turnip
- Cabbage
- Cauliflower
- Broccoli
- Kale
- Sweet pepper
- Aubergine
- Parsley
- Thyme
- Rosemary
- Chives
- Mint
- Melon
- Celery
In the other zones
| Zone 6−23 to −18 °C (−10 to 0 °F): high mountains | onion, garlic and raspberry |
|---|---|
| Zone 7−18 to −12 °C (0 to 10 °F): upland Britain, eastern France, the Alps | onion, garlic, corn salad, broad bean and raspberry |
| Zone 8 (reference)−12 to −7 °C (10 to 20 °F): most of the UK and France | onion, garlic, corn salad, broad bean, green manure (phacelia), pea and raspberry |
| Zone 9−7 to −1 °C (20 to 30 °F): south-west England, Brittany, Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts | lettuce, radish, onion, garlic, spinach, corn salad, broad bean, strawberry, green manure (phacelia), leek, pea, turnip, raspberry, thyme, rosemary, chives and mint |
| 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, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, potato, parsley, thyme, rosemary, chives, mint and celery |
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 October
What to sow in October in zone 8?
Sow direct: corn salad, broad bean, green manure (phacelia) and pea. Plant out: onion, garlic and raspberry. The table above covers zones 6 to 10.
What is harvested in October?
tomato, cherry tomato, lettuce, radish, carrot, courgette, dwarf bean, sweet corn, sunflower, spinach, corn salad, basil, flower strip, leek, cucumber, winter squash, red kuri squash, climbing bean, beetroot, turnip, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, sweet pepper, aubergine, 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: onion, garlic, corn salad, broad bean and raspberry. Zone 9: lettuce, radish, onion, garlic, spinach, corn salad, broad bean, strawberry, green manure (phacelia), leek, pea, turnip, raspberry, thyme, rosemary, chives and mint. 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.