calendula grown by shiny
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Calendula planting

grown by shiny in Front berries garden · Wellington, NZ

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Planted 2026-09-20

Finish expected 2026-12-27

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No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

about 2 months ago 2026-09-20

Progress

56% day 55 of 98

Quantity

1 volunteer

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Volunteer

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Too cold for calendula so farFrom Sep 20 to Nov 09, 8 of 51 days had a high inside the best range of 16–26°C. The highs were below the best range on 43 days. The weather was too cold on 22 days (lows below 8°C).
Expected to be mixed for calendulaGoing by last year's weather, 30 of the 48 days from Nov 10 to Dec 27 should have a high inside the best range of 16–26°C. The highs could be below the best range on 18 days. It could be too cold on 1 day (lows below 8°C).
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 8–30°Grows best 16–26°
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
101 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
3.5°C
Soil temperature
12.5°C
Days in its best range
8 of 51
Days
51

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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Observations

  1. Day 55
    Flowering
  2. Day 0
    Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost danger has passed for this calendula planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. The calendula planting went in on 20 Sep, 22 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This calendula planting against the frost season

  • 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, 178 days after this calendula 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 calendula

Calendula

Calendula officinalis

  • 23 plantings
  • An annual, living about 98 days
  • Usually grown in sun
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