Bridge4

Onion planting

grown by Bridge4 in Seedling Containers · Melbourne Australia

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Done

Planted 2020-08-16

First harvest expected 2021-04-25

Finish expected 2021-04-08

(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 6 years ago 2020-08-16

Progress

Done Finished

Quantity

3 seeds

Grown in

semi-shade

Rating

not rated

Parent Seed

onion
onion
2019-09-01

Grown from

Seed Your onion packet

Weather in Melbourne Australia New

Daily high and low
2 °C frost lineGrows at 4–30°Grows best 12–25°
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
284 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

Hunter River Brown, havest 168-224 days (24-32 weeks) once the the tops dry and fall over

Photos

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Observations

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  1. Day 0
    Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this onion planting

Frost was possible until 13 Sep. We have no night temperatures for this onion planting. The onion planting went in on 16 Aug, 10 days before the usual last frost (26 Aug).

This onion planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
29 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 13 Sep
Usual last frost
26 Aug
planted 10 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)

Harvests

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Crop

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Onion

Allium cepa

  • 84 plantings
  • 20 harvests
  • An annual, living about 235 days
  • First harvest about 252 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 320 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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