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Whataroa taewa potato Whataroa Taewa Potato planting

grown by shiny in North West bed · Wellington, NZ

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  1. Sown 2026-10-26
  2. First harvest 2027-03-26 expected
  3. Finished 2027-03-26 expected

Harvest months

Spring
September
October
November
Summer
December
January, usually harvesting
February, usually harvesting
Autumn
March
April, usually harvesting
May
Winter
June
July
August

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

20 days ago 2026-10-26

Progress

13%
day 20 of 147

Degree days

93 of about 1,170 needed

Quantity

8 seeds

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Parent Seed

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Too cold for Whataroa taewa potato so farFrom Oct 26 to Nov 10, 7 of 16 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 9 days. The weather was too cold on 2 days (lows below 7°C).
Expected to be mixed for Whataroa taewa potatoGoing by last year's weather, 99 of the 132 days from Nov 11 to Mar 22 should have a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs could be below the best range on 33 days. It could be too cold on 1 day (lows below 7°C).
Latest, Nov 10: 18.5°C / 11.9°C2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 7–30°Grows best 15–25°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 10: 18.7 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
42 mm
Hottest day
18.5°C
Coldest night
6.4°C
Soil temperature
14.8°C
Days in its best range
7 of 16
Days
16

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 danger has passed for this Whataroa taewa potato planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 45 days ago. The Whataroa taewa potato planting went in on 26 Oct, 58 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This Whataroa taewa potato 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, 93 days after this Whataroa taewa potato 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

Photo of Whataroa taewa potato

Whataroa Taewa Potato

a variety of Te Māori Taewa Potato

  • 5 plantings
  • 6 harvests
  • An annual, living about 147 days
  • First harvest about 151 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 138 days after planting
  • Usually grown in semi-shade

World neighbours

Other Whataroa taewa potato plantings at the same latitude.