shiny

kale Kale planting

grown by shiny in Front lawn 2 rua · Wellington, New Zealand

All of shiny's plantings

Done

Planted 2021-01-17

First harvest expected 2021-04-24

Finished 2021-05-01

  • kale
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Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

almost 6 years ago 2021-01-17

Progress

Done 104 days

Quantity

unknown seedlings

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seedling

Weather in Wellington, New Zealand New

Daily high and low
Mixed conditions for kale so farFrom Jan 17 to May 01, 77 of 105 days had a high inside the best range of 15–22°C. The highs were below the best range on 28 days. The weather was too cold on 5 days (lows below 7°C).
2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 7–30°Grows best 15–22°
Daily rainfall
Rain
218 mm
Hottest day
20.9°C
Coldest night
6.1°C
Soil temperature
15.4°C
Days in its best range
77 of 105
Days
105

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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Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this kale planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct. We have no night temperatures for this kale planting. The kale planting went in on 17 Jan, 224 days before the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This kale planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
0 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 1 Oct
Usual last frost
29 Aug
planted 224 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)

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Crop

Photo of kale

Kale

Brassica oleracea Acephala group

a variety of Brassica Oleracea Acephela Group

  • 75 plantings
  • 24 harvests
  • An annual, living about 178 days
  • First harvest about 43 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 118 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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