Black Currant planting

grown by shiny in Front berries garden · Wellington, NZ

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Harvest months

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 2 months ago 2026-09-23

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

1 plant

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low

Too cold for black currant so farFrom Sep 23 to Nov 10, 5 of 49 days had a high inside the best range of 17–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 44 days. The weather was too cold on 3 days (lows below 5°C).

Expected to grow, though not at the fastest, for black currantGoing by last year's weather, 52 of the 117 days from Nov 11 to Mar 07 should have a high inside the best range of 17–25°C. The highs could be below the best range on 65 days.

Latest, Nov 10: 18.5°C / 11.9°C2 °C frost lineDies at -1 °CGrows at 5–30°Grows best 17–25°

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: 104 mm
Hottest day: 18.5°C
Coldest night: 3.5°C
Soil temperature: 12.8°C
Days in its best range: 5 of 49
Days: 49

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.

Photos

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by shiny 2026-09-23 0

Observations

Nothing noticed yet. Note when it flowers, fruits, wilts or falls ill.

2026-09-23 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost danger has passed for this black currant planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 45 days ago. The black currant planting went in on 23 Sep, 25 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This black currant planting against the frost season

Today, 15 Nov

Frost danger

23 Jun – 29 Aug

23 Jun →

This planting

Planted 23 Sep

Finish expected 7 Mar

Planted 25 days after 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

4.2 °C

2.2 °C above the 2 °C frost danger line

Usual last frost

29 Aug

has come as late as 1 Oct

Next frost danger starts

23 Jun

as early as 4 Jun, 108 days after this black currant 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)