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Onion planting

grown by shiny in Big main bed · Wellington, NZ

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Planted 2026-04-22

First harvest expected 2026-12-30

Finish expected 2026-12-13

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Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

7 months ago 2026-04-22

Progress

87% day 206 of 235

Quantity

4 plants

Grown in

shade

Rating

4 of 5

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Too cold for onion so farFrom Apr 22 to Nov 09, 106 of 202 days had a high inside the best range of 12–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 96 days. The weather was too cold on 16 days (lows below 4°C).
Expected to suit onionGoing by last year's weather, 34 of the 34 days from Nov 10 to Dec 13 should have a high inside the best range of 12–25°C.
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 4–30°Grows best 12–25°
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
533 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
10.3°C
Days in its best range
106 of 202
Days
202

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

  1. Day 206
    Flowering
  2. Day 0
    Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost danger has passed for this onion planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. The onion planting went in on 22 Apr, 129 days before the usual last frost (29 Aug). 3 nights so far were at or below 2 °C, the coldest 1.1 °C.

This onion 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
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, 192 days after this onion 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

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Onion

Allium cepa

  • 84 plantings
  • 20 harvests
  • An annual, living about 235 days
  • First harvest about 252 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 320 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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