bluebec

Garlic planting

grown by bluebec in Large circular bed · Northern Suburbs, Melbourne

All of bluebec's plantings

Done
  1. Planted 2015-03-28
  2. First harvest 2015-11-11 expected
  3. Finished 2015-11-11 expected

Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

over 11 years ago 2015-03-28

Progress

Done Finished

Degree days

18,492 of about 1,530 needed

Quantity

6 bulbs

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Bulb

Weather in Northern Suburbs, Melbourne New

Daily high and low
2 °C frost lineDies at -5 °CGrows at 7–35°Grows best 18–30°
Daily rainfall
Rain
861 mm
Hottest day
42.8°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
15.9°C
Days in its best range
171 of 361
Days
361

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

3 different varieties from last years crop

Photos

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Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this garlic planting

Frost was possible until 14 Sep. We have no night temperatures for this garlic planting. The garlic planting went in on 28 Mar, 152 days before the usual last frost (27 Aug).

This garlic planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
120 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 14 Sep
Usual last frost
27 Aug
planted 152 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)

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Crop

Photo of garlic

Garlic

Allium sativum

  • 78 plantings
  • 18 harvests
  • An annual, living about 226 days
  • First harvest about 228 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 228 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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