onion grown by shiny
shiny

Onion planting

grown by shiny in back yard shaded garden · Miramar, Wellington, New zealand

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Done

Planted 2017-12-10

Harvest started 2018-07-03

Finished 2019-01-05

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Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

almost 9 years ago 2017-12-10

Progress

Done 391 days

Quantity

unknown plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Weather in Miramar, Wellington New

Daily high and low
Too cold for onion so farFrom Jan 05 to Jan 05, 248 of 366 days had a high inside the best range of 12–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 118 days. The weather was too cold on 21 days (lows below 4°C).
2 °C frost lineGrows at 4–30°Grows best 12–25°
Daily rainfall
Rain
1,212 mm
Hottest day
24.6°C
Coldest night
1.2°C
Soil temperature
12.9°C
Days in its best range
248 of 366
Days
366

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

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

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    Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this onion planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct. We have no night temperatures for this onion planting.

This onion planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
120 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 1 Oct
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct

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

onion
onion harvest
whole plant
picked 2018-07-03 by shiny

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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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