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Season

Garden calendar: Oct

Plant tasks, sowing, planting, and harvest for this month.

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Indoor sowing

Direct sowing

Aronia Urtica Allium ursinum corn salad Serviceberry Ground elder Ground Ivy Good King Henry Common Hazel Sambucus Cherry plum Garlic Cornelian cherry Almond Mirabelle plum Medlar Sea Buckthorn Yarrow Blackthorn Sorbus domestica Spinach gooseberry Common chickweed sweet woodruff Chaenomeles Skirret

Planting

Apple Aronia Barbarea vulgaris Pyrus communis Urtica Rubus Allium ursinum corn salad Serviceberry Ground elder Goji Berry Ground Ivy Common Hazel Bilberry Raspberry Sambucus Ribes Jostaberry Cherry plum hardy kiwi Salad Burnet Cornelian cherry Honeyberry Almond Mulberry Mirabelle plum Medlar Asian pear Peach European Plum Quince Greengage Rhubarb Arugula Sea Buckthorn Sour cherry Blackthorn Sorbus domestica gooseberry sweet cherry Sedum rupestre sweet woodruff Chaenomeles Damson plum

Harvest

Physalis pruinosa Physalis peruviana Apple Aronia Cynara scolymus Eggplant Barbarea vulgaris Tree spinach Winter Savory Pyrus communis leaf mustard cauliflower Satureja broccoli Rubus Watercress butternut squash cardoon Chayote Common chicory chili pepper Napa cabbage Choy Sum Curry plant Dill Common Fig garden chervil Coriander common sage Sweet Chestnut Acorn Squash iceberg lettuce Cichorium endivia Strawberry Leafy Goosefoot Tiger Nut peanut tarragon corn salad Fennel Runner bean Radish Garden cress Garden Orache Ground elder Goji Berry kale Ground Ivy Cucumber Salsify Common Hazel Raspberry buck's-horn plantain red kuri squash Asimina triloba Zingiber potato Kiwi hardy kiwi Salad Burnet celeriac kohlrabi Rutabaga Komatsuna Butterhead lettuce Allium Welsh onion Levisticum officinale Cochlearia Dandelion May turnip Almond Swiss Chard Crambe Horseradish Mint Medlar Mizuna Wild Strawberry Musk squash Daucus carota Asian pear New Zealand spinach Okra Oregano Bok choy Lacinato kale Pepper Parsnip pattypan squash Pepino parsley European Plum Common Purslane Quince Radicchio Radish Romaine lettuce Romanesco broccoli Brussels sprouts Rosmarinus tomentosus beet red cabbage Arugula Sea Buckthorn Sorrel Blackthorn Allium ramosum Chives cutting lettuce Scorzonera soybean Spaghetti squash Sorbus domestica Spinach pointed cabbage celery Stielmus sweet potato table grape Tatsoi tomato Tomatillo Jerusalem artichoke Sedum rupestre Common chickweed Common Walnut watermelon White Cabbage Winter Heath Onion winter purslane Savoy cabbage Root Parsley Chaenomeles Lemon Balm Lemon verbena Zucchini Sugarloaf Chicory Sweet corn Skirret Damson plum

Plants

163 Plants

Garden cress plant card: Vegetables, Mustard family, Harvest Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Garden cress

Lepidium sativum

Vegetables Mustard family

Aronia plant card: Woody plants, Rose family, Harvest Aug, Sep, Oct

Aronia

Aronia

Woody plants Rose family

Urtica plant card: Wild herbs, Nettle family, Harvest Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep

Urtica

Urtica

Wild herbs Nettle family

Allium ursinum plant card: Vegetables, Amaryllis family, Harvest Mar, Apr, May

Allium ursinum

Allium ursinum

Vegetables Amaryllis family

corn salad plant card: Vegetables, Honeysuckle family, Harvest Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

corn salad

Valerianella locusta

Vegetables Honeysuckle family

Serviceberry plant card: Woody plants, Rose family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug

Serviceberry

Amelanchier

Woody plants Rose family

Ground elder plant card: Wild herbs, Carrot family, Harvest Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Ground elder

Aegopodium podagraria

Wild herbs Carrot family

Ground Ivy plant card: Herbs, Mint family, Harvest Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Ground Ivy

Glechoma hederacea

Herbs Mint family

Good King Henry plant card: Vegetables, Amaranths, Harvest Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug

Good King Henry

Blitum bonus-henricus

Vegetables Amaranths

Common Hazel plant card: Nuts, Birch family, Harvest Sep, Oct

Common Hazel

Corylus avellana

Nuts Birch family

Sambucus plant card: Woody plants, Moschatel family, Harvest Jul, Aug, Sep

Sambucus

Sambucus

Woody plants Moschatel family

Cherry plum plant card: Fruit shrub/tree, Rose family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug

Cherry plum

Prunus cerasifera

Fruit shrub/tree Rose family

Garlic plant card: Vegetables, Amaryllidaceae, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug

Garlic

Allium sativum

Vegetables Amaryllidaceae

Cornelian cherry plant card: Nuts, Dogwood family, Harvest Aug, Sep

Cornelian cherry

Cornus mas

Nuts Dogwood family

Almond plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Aug, Sep, Oct

Almond

Prunus dulcis

Fruit Rose family

Mirabelle plum plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Jul, Aug

Mirabelle plum

Prunus domestica subsp. syriaca

Fruit Rose family

Medlar plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Oct, Nov

Medlar

Mespilus germanica

Fruit Rose family

Sea Buckthorn plant card: Fruit, Oleaster family, Harvest Aug, Sep, Oct

Sea Buckthorn

Hippophae rhamnoides

Fruit Oleaster family

Yarrow plant card: Ornamentals, Aster family, Harvest May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep

Yarrow

Achillea

Ornamentals Aster family

Blackthorn plant card: Woody plants, Rose family, Harvest Oct, Nov, Dec

Blackthorn

Prunus spinosa

Woody plants Rose family

Sorbus domestica plant card: Woody plants, Rose family, Harvest Sep, Oct

Sorbus domestica

Sorbus domestica

Woody plants Rose family

Spinach plant card: Vegetables, Amaranth family, Harvest Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Spinach

Spinacia oleracea

Vegetables Amaranth family

gooseberry plant card: Fruit, Gooseberry family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug

gooseberry

Ribes uva-crispa

Fruit Gooseberry family

Common chickweed plant card: Wild plants, Pink family, Harvest Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov

Common chickweed

Stellaria media

Wild plants Pink family

sweet woodruff plant card: Madder family, Harvest Apr, May, Direct sowing Mar, Apr, Sep, Oct

sweet woodruff

Galium odoratum

Chaenomeles plant card: Ornamentals, Rose family, full sun

Chaenomeles

Chaenomeles

Ornamentals Rose family

Skirret plant card: Vegetables, Carrot family, Harvest Jan, Feb, Oct, Nov, Dec

Skirret

Sium sisarum

Vegetables Carrot family

Apple plant card: Fruit, Rose family, full sun

Apple

Malus

Fruit Rose family

Barbarea vulgaris plant card: Leafy vegetables, Brassicaceae, sun to partial shade

Barbarea vulgaris

Barbarea vulgaris

Leafy vegetables Brassicaceae

Pyrus communis plant card: Fruit, Rose family, sunny, warm, airy

Pyrus communis

Pyrus communis

Fruit Rose family

Rubus plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Rubus

Rubus

Fruit Rose family

Goji Berry plant card: Fruit, Nightshades, Harvest Aug, Sep, Oct

Goji Berry

Lycium barbarum

Fruit Nightshades

Bilberry plant card: Fruit, Heathers, Harvest Jul, Aug, Sep

Bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Raspberry plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Raspberry

Rubus idaeus

Fruit Rose family

Ribes plant card: Fruit, Gooseberry family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug

Ribes

Ribes

Fruit Gooseberry family

Jostaberry plant card: Fruit, Gooseberry family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug

Jostaberry

Ribes × nidigrolaria

Fruit Gooseberry family

hardy kiwi plant card: Fruit, Kiwifruit family, Harvest Sep, Oct

hardy kiwi

Actinidia arguta

Fruit Kiwifruit family

Salad Burnet plant card: Herbs, Rose family, Harvest Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Salad Burnet

Sanguisorba minor

Herbs Rose family

Honeyberry plant card: Fruit, Honeysuckle family, Harvest May, Jun

Honeyberry

Lonicera caerulea

Fruit Honeysuckle family

Mulberry plant card: Fruit, Mulberry family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep

Mulberry

Morus

Fruit Mulberry family

Asian pear plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Aug, Sep, Oct

Asian pear

Pyrus pyrifolia

Fruit Rose family

Peach plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Jul, Aug, Sep

Peach

Prunus persica

Fruit Rose family

European Plum plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

European Plum

Prunus domestica

Fruit Rose family

Quince plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Sep, Oct, Nov

Quince

Cydonia oblonga

Fruit Rose family

Greengage plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Aug, Sep

Greengage

Prunus domestica subsp. italica

Fruit Rose family

Rhubarb plant card: Vegetables, Buckwheat family, Harvest Apr, May, Jun

Rhubarb

Rheum

Vegetables Buckwheat family

Arugula plant card: Vegetables, Mustard family, Harvest May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Arugula

Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa

Vegetables Mustard family

Sour cherry plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Sunny to partial shade

Sour cherry

Prunus cerasus

Fruit Rose family

sweet cherry plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug

sweet cherry

Prunus avium

Fruit Rose family

Sedum rupestre plant card: Stonecrop family, Harvest Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Direct sowing Mar, Apr, May

Sedum rupestre

Sedum rupestre

Stonecrop family

Damson plum plant card: Fruit, Rose family, Harvest Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Damson plum

Prunus domestica

Fruit Rose family

Physalis pruinosa plant card: Vegetables, Nightshade family, Harvest Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Physalis pruinosa

Physalis pruinosa

Vegetables Nightshade family

Physalis peruviana plant card: Fruit, Nightshade family, Harvest Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Physalis peruviana

Physalis peruviana

Fruit Nightshade family

Cynara scolymus plant card: Vegetables, Aster family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Cynara scolymus

Cynara scolymus

Vegetables Aster family

Eggplant plant card: Vegetables, Nightshade family, Harvest Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Eggplant

Solanum melongena

Vegetables Nightshade family

Tree spinach plant card: Leafy vegetables, Amaranth family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Tree spinach

Chenopodium giganteum D.Don

Leafy vegetables Amaranth family

Winter Savory plant card: Herbs, Mint family, Harvest Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Winter Savory

Satureja montana

Herbs Mint family

leaf mustard plant card: Mustard family, sun to partial shade, Harvest May, Jun, Sep, Oct, Nov

leaf mustard

Brassica juncea

cauliflower plant card: Vegetables, Mustard family, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov

cauliflower

Brassica oleracea var. botrytis

Vegetables Mustard family

Satureja plant card: Herbs, Lamiaceae, Harvest Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Satureja

Satureja

Herbs Lamiaceae