Fruit and vegetables in October
What comes fresh from the field in October, what is in season from storage, and what is just starting or about to end.
New in October
Now fresh from the open field.
Last open-field harvest in October
No longer from the open field in November.
- Bell pepper until mid-October
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Celery
- Chanterelle
- Chard
- Chives
- Courgette until mid-October
- Dill until mid-October
- Elderberry until mid-October
- Grape
- Green bean until mid-October
- Hazelnut
- Iceberg lettuce until mid-October
- Kohlrabi
- Lettuce until mid-October
- Mint until mid-October
- Onion
- Pak choi
- Parsley
- Pear
- Plum until mid-October
- Pointed cabbage
- Porcini
- Potato
- Radish
- Rocket
- Spring onion
- Sweet potato
- Sweetcorn until mid-October
- Tomato until mid-October
- Walnut
Fresh from the field
Vegetables
- Beetroot
- Bell pepper until mid-October
- Broccoli
- Brussels sprouts
- Carrot
- Cauliflower
- Celeriac
- Celery
- Chard
- Chinese cabbage
- Courgette until mid-October
- Daikon radish
- Endive
- Fennel
- Green bean until mid-October
- Horseradish
- Iceberg lettuce until mid-October
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Kohlrabi
- Lamb's lettuce
- Leek
- Lettuce until mid-October
- Onion
- Pak choi
- Parsley root
- Parsnip
- Pointed cabbage
- Potato
- Pumpkin
- Radicchio
- Radish
- Red cabbage
- Rocket
- Salsify
- Savoy cabbage
- Spinach
- Spring onion
- Swede
- Sweet potato
- Sweetcorn until mid-October
- Tomato until mid-October
- White cabbage
Fruit
Herbs
Nuts & mushrooms
Recipes with seasonal ingredients
Public recipes, ranked by how many of their ingredients are in season in October.
Season by month
Data follows the season calendar of the German Federal Centre for Nutrition (BZfE), recorded per half month.