Borage planting
Planted 2021-04-09
Planted 2021-04-09First harvest expected 2021-05-12
First harvest expected 2021-05-12Finished 2021-06-09
Finished 2021-06-09
No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.
Planted
Progress
Done 61 daysQuantity
Grown in
Rating
Short code
DUV8 for plant markers and labelsGrown from
Seed
Notes
Buried in the same pot as the sunflowers, will select a few afterward
2021-04-21 : First seedlings appears
2021-04-21 : Thinned to six seedlings in pot. Planted remaining ones in public allotment
2021-04-26 : True leaves appearing.
2021-05-03 : Thinned out to three.
2021-05-14 : Something definitely wrong here, some leaves began to wilt as the sunflower did.
2021-05-20 : Seedling looks back to life, but suffers from plant rust. Pruned those parts.
2021-06-09 : Definitely dead.
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No frost reached this borage planting
Frost was possible until 3 May. We have no night temperatures for this borage planting. The borage planting went in on 9 Apr, 11 days before the usual last frost (20 Apr).
This borage planting against the frost season
Planted 11 days before the usual last frost
- Usual frost danger
- Possible: as early or late as it has come
- Planting, finished
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.
Harvests
No harvests recorded yet.
Seeds saved
No seeds saved yet.
Jobs
Nothing is planned here.
Crop
Borage
Borago officinalis
- 20 plantings
- 4 harvests
- An annual, living about 53 days
- First harvest about 33 days after planting
- Usually grown in sun
World neighbours
Other borage plantings at the same latitude.
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