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nodosa

dark opal basil Dark Opal Basil planting

grown by nodosa in Budding food garden · Northwestern France

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Done
  1. Sown 2015-04-22
  2. Finished 2015-08-14

No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

over 11 years ago 2015-04-22

Progress

Done 114 days

Degree days

802 of about 1,240 needed

Quantity

unknown seeds

Grown in

partial shade

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seed

Weather in Northwestern France New

Daily high and low
Too cold for dark opal basil so farFrom Apr 22 to Aug 14, 61 of 115 days had a high inside the best range of 18–27°C. The highs were below the best range on 54 days. The weather was too cold on 26 days (lows below 7°C).
Grows at 7–36°Grows best 18–27°
Daily rainfall
Rain
246 mm
Hottest day
26.3°C
Coldest night
1.6°C
Soil temperature
14.5°C
Days in its best range
61 of 115
Days
115

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

Was grown in a container and did quite well. It beautiful deep purple colour and a sat gloriously on this year's caprese salads.

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Dark Opal Basil

Ocimum basilicum

a variety of Basil

  • 3 plantings
  • An annual, living about 110 days