Artichoke planting

grown by mirandamiranda in Front Garden · Santa Cruz, CA

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No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

about 14 years ago 2012-10-01

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

3 plants

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Santa Cruz, CA New

Daily high and low

Mixed conditions for artichoke so farFrom Oct 01 to Sep 03, 220 of 338 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 115 days and above the best range on 3 days. The weather was too cold on 6 days (lows below 5°C).

Dies at 0 °CGrows at 5–30°Grows best 15–25°

Daily rainfall

Nobody has marked this planting as finished, and it is long past when it should have finished, so the weather shown ends on September 03, 2013, when it was expected to finish.

Rain: 518 mm
Hottest day: 27.0°C
Coldest night: 3.6°C
Soil temperature: 14.0°C
Days in its best range: 220 of 338
Days: 338

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

The first one planted is growing very vigorously, and other two are looking good. Have harvested some VERY large artichokes as well as smaller (more palatable?) ones - now we have some pretty purple flowers!