Garlic planting

grown by Page_Sinclair in Garden · Waimakariri District, Canterbury, New Zealand

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2R8L

Planted 2026-05-18

First harvest expected 2027-01-01

Finish expected 2026-12-30

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Harvest months

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

6 months ago 2026-05-18

Progress

79% day 180 of 226

Quantity

159 bulbs

Grown in

sun

Rating

not rated

Short code

2R8L for plant markers and labels

Grown from

Bulb

Weather in Waimakariri District, Canterbury New

Daily high and low

Too cold for garlic so farFrom May 18 to Nov 09, 21 of 176 days had a high inside the best range of 18–30°C. The low reached the killing temperature of -5°C on 1 day. The highs were below the best range on 155 days. The weather was too cold on 141 days (lows below 7°C).

Expected to be too cold for garlicGoing by last year's weather, 31 of the 51 days from Nov 10 to Dec 30 should have a high inside the best range of 18–30°C. The highs could be below the best range on 20 days. It could be too cold on 15 days (lows below 7°C).

Latest, Nov 09: 11.1°C / 9.2°C2 °C frost lineDies at -5 °CGrows at 7–35°Grows best 18–30°

Daily rainfall

Latest, Nov 09: 6.7 mm

The dotted lines and bars are expected weather, last year's data for the same days moved forward a year. They are not observed.

Rain: 606 mm
Hottest day: 23.3°C
Coldest night: -5.2°C
Soil temperature: 7.8°C
Days in its best range: 21 of 176
Days: 176

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.

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Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Past the usual last frost, but it can still come

It has come as late as 1 Dec, 17 days from now. Keep an eye on the forecast. 65 nights so far were at or below 2 °C, the coldest -5.2 °C.

This garlic planting against the frost season

Today, 14 Nov

Frost danger

20 Apr – 6 Nov

20 Apr →

This planting

Planted 18 May

Finish expected 30 Dec

Planted 172 days before the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
Possible: as early or late as it has come
Planting so far
Planting still to come

Coldest night

-5.2 °C

7.2 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line

Usual last frost

6 Nov

has come as late as 1 Dec

Next frost danger starts

20 Apr

as early as 23 Mar, 111 days after this garlic planting finishes

Frost-free season

163 days

in a typical year

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)