Los Angeles in October: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, October in Los Angeles has run 14.6–27.4°C with about 18 mm of rain across the month. Here is what weather like that will carry to harvest.
Everything above is a five-year average. In the game it is this — the weather Los Angeles is actually having, today.
Grow one in Los Angeles's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in October in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ No night at or below 0°C in the last 5 years — frost is not a limiting factor here, and tender crops can stay out year-round.
☀️ About 9.8 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it cools by about 3.2°C from the first ten days to the last — the window for autumn sowings is opening.
Sow this month — when would you harvest?
Assuming you sow in mid-October, then adding up the warmth Los Angeles usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🥢 Yardlong bean | 235 | Jun 6 |
| 🥒 Cucumber | 218 | May 20 |
| 🫛 Edamame | 209 | May 11 |
| 🎃 Pumpkin | 204 | May 6 |
| 🧄 Garlic | 63 | Dec 16 |
| 🥬 Bok Choy | 32 | Nov 15 |
| 🥬 Swiss chard | 49 | Dec 2 |
| 🌿 Garlic chives | 73 | Dec 26 |
| 🥕 Carrot | 76 | Dec 29 |
| 🧅 Onion | 99 | Jan 21 |
| 🌿 Amaranth greens | 96 | Jan 18 |
| 🌻 Sunflower | 140 | Mar 3 |
Best crops to sow now
They are all ideal for this month — the only real difference is how long each one takes, so pick whatever you want to eat.
- 🥢 Yardlong bean about 109 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Cucumber about 95 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🫛 Edamame about 110 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🎃 Pumpkin about 105 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧄 Garlic about 51 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Bok Choy about 29 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Swiss chard about 41 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Garlic chives about 54 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Carrot about 56 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 66 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Amaranth greens about 51 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌻 Sunflower about 77 days to harvest Recent mean 21.0°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🌿 Rocket — 30 day(s) of heat stress
- 🌿 Spinach — 27 day(s) of heat stress
- 🌿 Coriander — 23 day(s) of heat stress
Other months in Los Angeles
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Los Angeles, averaged day by day over the last 5 years. Whether a crop finishes in time is worked out from its own starting temperature and heat requirement — those numbers are listed on each crop page if you want to check them.