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Comfrey planting

grown by shiny in Big main bed · Wellington, NZ

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YPY9

Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 1 year ago 2025-10-18

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

1 seedling

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Short code

YPY9 for plant markers and labels

Grown from

Seedling Shop or garden centre

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Latest, Nov 08: 16.3°C / 11.8°C2 °C frost line
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 08: 1.9 mm
Rain
1,096 mm
Hottest day
21.1°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
12.5°C
Days
361

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
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by shiny

Frost danger has passed for this comfrey planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 43 days ago. 3 nights so far were at or below 2 °C, the coldest 1.1 °C.

This comfrey planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting so far
Coldest night
1.1 °C
0.9 °C below 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, 222 days from now
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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Comfrey

Symphytum officinale

  • 5 plantings
  • 2 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 27 days after planting
  • Usually grown in semi-shade

World neighbours

Other comfrey plantings at the same latitude.