onion grown by shiny
shiny

Onion planting

grown by shiny in Vege garden plot 1 · wellington, new zealand

All of shiny's plantings

Done
  1. Sown 2019-04-20
  2. Finished 2019-08-12
  3. First harvest 2019-11-23 expected
  4. Last harvest 2020-03-05 expected

Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

over 7 years ago 2019-04-20

Progress

Done 114 days

Degree days

652 of about 1,233 needed

Quantity

unknown seeds

Grown in

partial shade

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seed

Weather in wellington, new zealand New

Daily high and low
Too cold for onion so farFrom Apr 20 to Aug 12, 56 of 115 days had a high inside the best range of 12–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 59 days. The weather was too cold on 13 days (lows below 4°C).
2 °C frost lineGrows at 4–30°Grows best 12–25°
Daily rainfall
Rain
443 mm
Hottest day
16.6°C
Coldest night
2.3°C
Soil temperature
9.6°C
Days in its best range
56 of 115
Days
115

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

2 rows of Pukekohe onions

Photos

IMG_20190421_084931
IMG_20190421_084931
by shiny

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, and no night in that time was colder than 2.3 °C. The onion planting went in on 20 Apr, 131 days before the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This onion planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Coldest night
2.3 °C
0.3 °C above the 2 °C frost danger line
Frost danger it grew through
70 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 1 Oct
Usual last frost
29 Aug
planted 131 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)

Harvests

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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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