Potato planting

grown by maco in backyard beds · Wheaton-Glenmont, MD

All of maco's plantings

8C65 Done

Planted 2014-04-29

First harvest expected 2014-07-18

Finished 2014-09-14

(One emoji = 1 week)

No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

over 12 years ago 2014-04-29

Progress

Done 138 days

Quantity

8 roots/tubers

Grown in

sun

Rating

not rated

Short code

8C65 for plant markers and labels

Grown from

Root/tuber

Weather in Wheaton-Glenmont, MD New

Daily high and low

Too hot for potato so farFrom Apr 29 to Sep 14, 38 of 139 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 1 day and above the best range on 100 days. The weather was too hot on 30 days (highs above 30°C).

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

Daily rainfall

Rain: 376 mm
Hottest day: 35.7°C
Coldest night: 7.0°C
Soil temperature: 22.3°C
Days in its best range: 38 of 139
Days: 139

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

5/11: 4 have sprouted 5/13: one more sprouted! 6/22: 7 of them are huge, and the 8th finally sprouted a teensy little sprout after all the rain last week

Photos

by maco 2014-06-22 0

Observations

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

2014-04-29 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this potato planting

Frost was possible until 21 Apr. We have no night temperatures for this potato planting. The potato planting went in on 29 Apr, 20 days after the usual last frost (9 Apr).

This potato planting against the frost season

Frost danger

5 Nov – 9 Apr

5 Nov →

This planting

Finished 14 Sep

Planted 20 days after the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
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Planting, finished

Frost danger it grew through

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from planting to the latest it has come, 21 Apr

Usual last frost

9 Apr

planted 20 days after 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)