Wuhan in October: what to plant
Over the last 5 years, October in Wuhan has run 15.6–23.2°C with about 59 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 Wuhan is actually having, today.
Grow one in Wuhan's weather right now →❄️ No sub-zero nights in October in the last 5 years — frost is not the limiting factor here.
🗓️ This month sits inside the frost-free window. Average last spring frost around Feb 16, first autumn frost around Dec 12 — roughly 300 frost-free days. Sow tender crops after the last frost date and make sure they finish before the first.
☀️ About 6.5 h of sunshine a day this month. Within the month it cools by about 4.5°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 Wuhan usually gets, one day at a time — which is why some of these run past the end of the month.
| Crop | Days | Harvest around |
|---|---|---|
| 🌿 Garlic chives | 159 | Mar 22 |
| 🥬 Bok Choy | 40 | Nov 23 |
| 🧅 Onion | 176 | Apr 8 |
| 🥬 Swiss chard | 89 | Jan 11 |
⏳ Too late this month: Potato, Green Beans, Strawberry, Beetroot, Carrot, Marigold, Zucchini, Sweet Corn would still be in the ground when the first frost arrives (around Dec 12). Sow them earlier in the year, or grow them under cover.
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.
- 🥔 Potato about 73 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌿 Garlic chives about 60 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥢 Green Beans about 65 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🍓 Strawberry about 49 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Bok Choy about 32 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🟣 Beetroot about 46 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥕 Carrot about 62 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🧅 Onion about 74 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥬 Swiss chard about 45 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🏵️ Marigold about 49 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🥒 Zucchini about 70 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
- 🌽 Sweet Corn about 97 days to harvest Recent mean 19.4°C — right in the sweet spot
Leave these for another month
- 🍈 Winter melon — Slow going at current temperatures (~218 days)
- 🍆 Aubergine — Slow going at current temperatures (~191 days)
- 🌶️ Okra — Recent mean 19.4°C is too cold (ideal 20–33°C)
Other months in Wuhan
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Temperature and rainfall come from Open-Meteo's historical observations for Wuhan, 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.