shiny

Onion planting

grown by shiny in North West bed · Wellington, NZ

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Planted 2026-10-26

First harvest expected 2027-02-25

Finish expected 2027-06-18

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Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

19 days ago 2026-10-26

Progress

8% day 19 of 235

Quantity

50 seeds

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Parent Seed

onion
onion

Grown from

Seed Your onion packet

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Good conditions for onion so farFrom Oct 26 to Nov 09, 14 of 15 days had a high inside the best range of 12–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 1 day.
Expected to suit onionGoing by last year's weather, 203 of the 221 days from Nov 10 to Jun 18 should have a high inside the best range of 12–25°C. The highs could be below the best range on 18 days.
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 4–30°Grows best 12–25°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 09: 0.9 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
23 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
6.4°C
Soil temperature
14.8°C
Days in its best range
14 of 15
Days
15

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

Frost danger has passed for this onion planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. The onion planting went in on 26 Oct, 58 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This onion planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting so far
  • Planting still to come
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, 5 days after this onion planting finishes
Frost-free season
295 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)

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Crop

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Onion

Allium cepa

  • 84 plantings
  • 20 harvests
  • An annual, living about 235 days
  • First harvest about 252 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 320 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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