Brooke

capsicum Capsicum planting

grown by Brooke in Brooke's Garden · Canberra, ACT, Australia

All of Brooke's plantings

Done
  1. Planted 2013-09-01
  2. First harvest 2014-01-15 expected
  3. Finished 2014-02-26 expected

Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 13 years ago 2013-09-01

Progress

Done Finished

Degree days

7,821 of about 930 needed

Quantity

unknown seedlings

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seedling

Weather in Canberra, ACT New

Daily high and low
2 °C frost lineGrows at 8–35°Grows best 17–30°
Daily rainfall
Rain
698 mm
Hottest day
40.1°C
Coldest night
-2.4°C
Soil temperature
14.2°C
Days in its best range
188 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

I have several varieties going, still too early to comment of their success.

Photos

No photos yet.

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 capsicum planting

Frost was possible until 12 Nov. We have no night temperatures for this capsicum planting. The capsicum planting went in on 1 Sep, 42 days before the usual last frost (13 Oct).

This capsicum planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
73 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 12 Nov
Usual last frost
13 Oct
planted 42 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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Capsicum

Capsicum

  • 31 plantings
  • 7 harvests
  • An annual, living about 178 days
  • First harvest about 78 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 99 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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