Frilly Lettuce planting

grown by shiny in Big main bed · Wellington, NZ

All of shiny's plantings

Done

Planted 2026-08-20

Harvest started 2026-10-07

Finished 2026-10-19

(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

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Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

3 months ago 2026-08-20

Progress

Done 60 days

Quantity

1 plant

Grown in

not specified

Rating

3 of 5

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low

Too cold for frilly lettuce so farFrom Aug 20 to Oct 19, 33 of 61 days had a high inside the best range of 12–21°C. The highs were below the best range on 28 days. The weather was too cold on 8 days (lows below 5°C).

2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 5–30°Grows best 12–21°

Daily rainfall

Rain: 186 mm
Hottest day: 17.2°C
Coldest night: 3.3°C
Soil temperature: 10.6°C
Days in its best range: 33 of 61
Days: 61

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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Observations

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

2026-08-20 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this frilly lettuce planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct, and no night in that time was colder than 3.3 °C. The frilly lettuce planting went in on 20 Aug, 9 days before the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This frilly lettuce planting against the frost season

Frost danger

23 Jun – 29 Aug

23 Jun →

This planting

Finished 19 Oct

Planted 9 days before the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
Possible: as early or late as it has come
Planting, finished

Coldest night

3.3 °C

1.3 °C above the 2 °C frost danger line

Frost danger it grew through

43 days

from planting to the latest it has come, 1 Oct

Usual last frost

29 Aug

planted 9 days before 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)