Potato planting

grown by AuntyMarion in Back Garden · N19 5JP, London, UK

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Done

Planted 2015-03-26

First harvest expected 2015-07-22

Finished 2015-07-26

(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

over 11 years ago 2015-03-26

Progress

Done 122 days

Quantity

6 roots/tubers

Grown in

sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Root/tuber

Weather in N19 5JP, London New

Daily high and low

Too cold for potato so farFrom Apr 27 to Jul 26, 71 of 91 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 17 days and above the best range on 3 days. The weather was too hot on 1 day (highs above 30°C) and too cold on 16 days (lows below 7°C).

2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 7–30°Grows best 15–25°

Daily rainfall

Rain: 159 mm
Hottest day: 32.3°C
Coldest night: 2.6°C
Soil temperature: 15.8°C
Days in its best range: 71 of 91
Days: 91

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. The weather is modelled for the area around the garden, not measured in it, and runs a few days behind. The totals, charts and expected weather are our adaptation of that data.

Notes

Six Charlotte potatoes, planted in a potato grow-bin. To be earthed up as they grow. (If they grow.)

Photos

No photos yet.

Observations

Nothing noticed yet. Note when it flowers, fruits, wilts or falls ill.

2015-03-26 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this potato planting

Frost was possible until 7 May, and no night in that time was colder than 2.6 °C. The potato planting went in on 26 Mar, 22 days before the usual last frost (17 Apr).

This potato planting against the frost season

Frost danger

6 Nov – 17 Apr

6 Nov →

This planting

Finished 26 Jul

Planted 22 days before the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
Possible: as early or late as it has come
Planting, finished

Coldest night

2.6 °C

0.6 °C above the 2 °C frost danger line

Frost danger it grew through

43 days

from planting to the latest it has come, 7 May

Usual last frost

17 Apr

planted 22 days before it

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)