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What can I sow now?

Every crop that is in its UK sowing window on the day you pick. Add the date you usually get your first autumn frost and it also tells you which will finish in time.

Today, 27 October, open ground or raised bed

10 crops are in their sowing window. Add your usual first frost date above to see which will finish in time.

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National calendar, your frost date. Sowing months come from a UK-wide calendar and are the same everywhere. Only the frost date is yours, and you haven’t added one yet. It can't know your soil, your microclimate or whether there's room.

In its sowing window (10)

Add your usual first frost date to see whether each of these will finish in time.

CressSow outside. Window March to October. Usually 7 to 21 days to be ready.
Oriental MustardSow outside. Window March to October. Usually 30 to 60 days to be ready.
RocketSow outside. Window March to October. Usually 30 to 40 days to be ready.
Winter PurslaneSow outside. Window September to October. Usually 40 to 60 days to be ready.
Lamb's LettuceSow outside. Window March to October. Usually 60 to 90 days to be ready.
Winter SpinachSow outside. Window September to October. Usually 60 to 90 days to be ready.
TulipSow. Window October to December. Usually 120 to 180 days to be ready.
Broad Bean (Autumn)Sow outside. Window October to November. Usually 180 to 240 days to be ready.
Overwintering PeasSow indoors. Window October to November. Usually 180 to 210 days to be ready.
GarlicSow outside. Window October to December. Usually 240 to 270 days to be ready.

Not in its sowing window (210)

Grouped by the month its window next opens.

Opens in January (2)

Early Cabbage (January to March), Potato (January to March)

Opens in February (32)

Aquilegia (February to April), Aubergine (February to March), Begonia (February to April), Bell Pepper (February to April), Cape gooseberry (February to April), Carnation (February to April), Cauliflower (February to April), Celeriac (February to March), Celery (February to March), Cherry Tomato (February to April), Chili Peppers (February to April), Chilli (February to March), Chilli Pepper (February to April), Garlic (Spring) (February to March), Ginger (February to April), Guava (February to April), Jalapeño (February to April), Parsnip (February to May), Passiflora (February to April), Passion Fruit (February to April), Pea (February to June), Pepper (February to April), Physalis (February to April), Radish (February to September), Rudbeckia (February to April), Spinach (February to September), Spring Onion (February to September), Sweet Pea (February to April), Sweet Pepper (February to April), Sweet Potato (February to April), Tomato (February to April), Verbena (February to April)

Opens in March (66)

Avocado (March to May), Basil (March to May), Bitter Gourd (March to May), Breadseed Poppy (March to May), Broad Bean (March to May), Broccoli Raab (March to September), Brussels Sprout (March to May), Cabbage (March to May), Calamansi (March to May), Calendula (March to September), Carrot (March to July), Chayote (March to April), Chervil (March to September), Cima di Rapa (March to September), Cornflower (March to May), Cosmos (March to May), Cucamelon (March to May), Finger lime (March to May), French Marigold (March to May), Garden Pea (March to July), Gladiolus (March to May), Green Manure (March to September), Kalette (March to May), Kiwano (March to April), Kola Herb (March to May), Landcress (March to September), Leek (March to April), Lemongrass (March to May), Lettuce (March to September), Loofah (March to May), Luffa (March to April), Lupin (March to May), Marigold (March to May), Melon (March to May), Mizuna (March to September), Mustard (March to September), Mustard Greens (March to September), Nigella (March to June), Okra (March to May), Onion (March to April), Onion (Centurion F1) (March to April), Orache (March to August), Passion Flower (March to May), Red Onion (March to April), Rosemary (March to April), Sage (March to April), Salad Leaves (March to September), Salvia (March to April), Shallot (March to April), Skirret (March to May), Sorrel (March to July), Stevia (March to May), Sugar Pea (March to July), Sugar Snap Pea (March to July), Sweet Alyssum (March to May), Sweet Rocket (March to September), Tatsoi (March to September), Tomatillo (March to April), Toothache plant (March to May), Turnip (March to August), Water Spinach (March to May), Watercress (March to September), Welsh onions (March to September), White Onion (March to April), Yellow Onion (March to April), Zinnia (March to May)

Opens in April (62)

Achillea (April to June), Ammi (April to June), Anise (April to May), Artemisia abrotanum (April to June), Beetroot (April to July), Black Salsify (April to May), Borage (April to August), Broccoli (April to June), Butternut Squash (April to May), Calabrese (April to July), Catmint (April to June), Catnip (April to June), Celtuce (April to July), Chamomile (April to June), Chard (April to August), Chicory (April to July), Chives (April to June), Collard greens (April to July), Coriander (April to September), Dahlia (April to May), Dill (April to August), Echinacea (April to June), Endive (April to August), Fennel (April to August), Garlic chives (April to June), Gourd (April to May), Groundnuts (April to May), Hamburg parsley (April to June), Kohlrabi (April to August), Late Cabbage (April to May), Lavender (April to June), Lemon Balm (April to June), Lovage (April to June), Mallow (April to June), Mangel (April to June), Mangetout (April to July), Nasturtium (April to June), Pak choi (April to September), Parsley (April to July), Peanuts (April to May), Pink Banana Squash (April to May), Pointed Cabbage (April to July), Rampion (April to June), Red Cabbage (April to June), Romanesco (April to June), Savoy Cabbage (April to June), Soya Beans (April to May), Squash (April to May), Strawberry Spinach (April to June), Summer Savory (April to June), Summer Squash (April to May), Sunflower (April to June), Swiss Chard (April to August), Tansy (April to June), Tenderstem Broccoli (April to July), Thyme (April to June), Tree Spinach (April to July), Tromboncino Squash (April to May), Valerian (April to June), Watermelon (April to May), White Cabbage (April to July), Winter Squash (April to May)

Opens in May (30)

Adzuki Beans (May to June), Amaranth (May to July), Asparagus Pea (May to July), Bambara Groundnut (May to June), Bean (May to July), Climbing Bean (May to June), Courgette (May to June), Cucumber (May to June), Dwarf French Bean (May to June), Edamame (May to June), Florence Fennel (May to July), French Bean (May to July), Green Beans (May to July), Hyssop (May to June), Kale (May to June), Lima Bean (May to June), New Zealand Spinach (May to July), Oregano (May to June), Pattypan Squash (May to June), Pumpkin (May to June), Purple Sprouting Broccoli (May to June), Purslane (May to August), Runner Bean (May to June), Swede (May to June), Sweet Basil (May to June), Sweet Marjoram (May to June), Sweet William (May to July), Sweetcorn (May to June), Uchiki Kuri Squash (May to June), Yellow French Dwarf Beans (May to July)

Opens in June (1)

Chinese Cabbage (June to August)

Opens in July (8)

Chicory (Autumn) (July to August), Endive (Autumn) (July to August), Kale (Autumn) (July to August), Kohlrabi (Autumn) (July to August), Mooli (July to September), Parsley (Autumn) (July to August), Spring cabbage (July to August), Turnip (Autumn) (July to August)

Opens in August (9)

Coriander (Autumn) (August to September), Mustard (Green Manure) (August to September), Overwintering Onions (August to September), Pak Choi (Autumn) (August to September), Perpetual Spinach (August to September), Phacelia (Green Manure) (August to September), Rocket (Winter) (August to September), Spinach (Autumn) (August to September), Winter Lettuce (August to September)

Planted, not sown

59 crops grown from crowns, canes or runners

These go in as plants and stay for years, so a sowing checker isn't the right tool for them: Apple, Artichoke, Asian pear, Asparagus, Blackberry, Blackcurrant, Blueberries, Blueberry, Boysenberry, Cherry, Cherry Plum, Cobnut, Comfrey, Crab apple, Fig tree, Filbert, Globe Artichoke, Goji Berry, Gooseberry, Grape, Greengage, Hardy Orange, Honeyberry, Horseradish, Japanese Wineberry, Jerusalem Artichoke, Jostaberry, Jujube, Kiwi, Kiwi Berry, Lemon, Lime, Loganberry, Mint, Mulberry, Nectarine, Olive, Olive Tree, Orange, Ornamental quince, Pawpaw, Peach, Pear, Plum, Raspberries, Raspberry, Red Potatoes, Redcurrant, Rhubarb, Saffron Crocus, Strawberries, Strawberry, Tarragon, Tayberry, Walking Onions, Wasabi, Whitecurrant, Wild Garlic, Wild strawberry.

What this knows, and what it doesn't

Sowing months are national. They come from Vercro's UK crop calendar, month by month, and are not shifted for where you live. A window “open in September” means any day in September.
The frost date is yours to set. Enter it, or add your postcode and we fill in the date your area's first autumn air frost usually comes, from 30 years of Met Office records, the same data and code the Vercro app uses. The postcode look-up also times frost-tender crops such as runner beans and courgettes: they go outside only once a late frost is unlikely where you are, and never before the RHS's planting-out window for your region, which in the north comes weeks after the last frost. If you leave it blank, you'll still see what is in its window, and tender crops go outside from 21 May, the RHS window for the Midlands and north of England.
“Still time” is a cautious test. A crop only counts if the slow end of its usual growing time finishes before your frost. If only the fast end does, it is “only just”.
Autumn slows growth. Shorter days aren't modelled, so late sowings can take longer than the catalogue's range.
Under cover is a general figure. Greenhouse growing times are counted about 10% faster and polytunnel about 7% faster, the same for every crop. Raised beds and open ground are treated alike.
It can't see your garden. It doesn't know your soil, whether there's room, or what grew there last. Where the catalogue holds two entries for one crop, we show one.

Data: Vercro's own curated crop catalogue, snapshot taken 15 September 2026. Decisions use the same code as the Garden plan in the Vercro web app. Nothing you enter here is stored, and there is no sign-up.

Vercro does this for your own garden, free

In the Vercro web app, each empty bed in your Garden plan shows what could go there, using your location's frost date. Today then shows what your crops need, and why.

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