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Whataroa taewa potato grown by shiny
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Whataroa taewa potato Whataroa Taewa Potato planting

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

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Done
  1. Planted 2018-09-08
  2. First harvest 2019-01-18
  3. Finished 2019-01-19

Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 8 years ago 2018-09-08

Progress

Done 133 days

Degree days

716 of about 1,170 needed

Quantity

unknown roots/tubers

Grown in

partial shade

Rating

not rated

Parent Seed

Grown from

Root/tuber Your whataroa taewa potato packet

Seeds saved

1 packet of seed

Weather in wellington, new zealand New

Daily high and low
Too cold for Whataroa taewa potato so farFrom Sep 08 to Jan 19, 60 of 134 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 74 days. The weather was too cold on 29 days (lows below 7°C).
2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 7–30°Grows best 15–25°
Daily rainfall
Rain
360 mm
Hottest day
22.2°C
Coldest night
2.2°C
Soil temperature
14.1°C
Days in its best range
60 of 134
Days
134

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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CHITTED whataroa
CHITTED whataroa
by shiny

Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

No frost reached this Whataroa taewa potato planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct, and no night in that time was colder than 3 °C. The Whataroa taewa potato planting went in on 8 Sep, 10 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This Whataroa taewa potato planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Coldest night
3 °C
1 °C above the 2 °C frost danger line
Frost danger it grew through
24 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 1 Oct
Usual last frost
29 Aug
planted 10 days after 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

Seeds saved

Whataroa taewa potato

seeds saved by shiny
  • approx. 6 seeds
  • heirloom
  • will trade locally
  • Wellington, NZ

Jobs

This was the last planting recently in this bed. Would you like to cultivate the soil soon? Cultivate soil

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Crop

Photo of Whataroa taewa potato

Whataroa Taewa Potato

a variety of Te Māori Taewa Potato

  • 5 plantings
  • 6 harvests
  • An annual, living about 147 days
  • First harvest about 151 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 138 days after planting
  • Usually grown in semi-shade

World neighbours

Other Whataroa taewa potato plantings at the same latitude.