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potato grown by shiny
Done
  1. Planted 2016-11-19
  2. Finished 2017-02-17
  3. First harvest 2017-03-17 expected

Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

almost 10 years ago 2016-11-19

Progress

Done 90 days

Degree days

583 of about 1,170 needed

Quantity

2 roots/tubers

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Root/tuber

Weather in Wellington, New Zealand New

Daily high and low
Mixed conditions for potato so farFrom Nov 19 to Feb 17, 57 of 91 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 34 days. The weather was too cold on 1 day (lows below 7°C).
2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 7–30°Grows best 15–25°
Daily rainfall
Rain
235 mm
Hottest day
19.8°C
Coldest night
6.5°C
Soil temperature
15.3°C
Days in its best range
57 of 91
Days
91

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.

Notes

Growing in a canvas bag

Photos

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Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

No frost reached this potato planting

Frost was possible until 30 Sep. We have no night temperatures for this potato planting. The potato planting went in on 19 Nov, 83 days after the usual last frost (28 Aug).

This potato planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
0 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 30 Sep
Usual last frost
28 Aug
planted 83 days after it

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)

Harvests

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Crop

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Potato

Solanum tuberosum

  • 73 plantings
  • 31 harvests
  • An annual, living about 112 days
  • First harvest about 118 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 112 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other potato plantings at the same latitude.