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gherkin grown by shiny

Planted 2019-11-06

Harvest started 2020-01-01

Finished 2020-03-07

(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 7 years ago 2019-11-06

Progress

Done 122 days

Quantity

3 seeds

Grown in

sun

Rating

not rated

Parent Seed

Grown from

Seed Your gherkin packet

Weather in Wellington, New Zealand New

Daily high and low
Mixed conditions for gherkin so farFrom Nov 06 to Mar 07, 0 of 123 days had a high inside the best range of 21–28°C. The highs were below the best range on 123 days. The weather was too cold on 3 days (lows below 8°C).
2 °C frost lineGrows at 8–32°Grows best 21–28°
Daily rainfall
Rain
251 mm
Hottest day
20.5°C
Coldest night
5.2°C
Soil temperature
16.5°C
Days in its best range
0 of 123
Days
123

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

Gherkin
Gherkin
by shiny
Gherkin vine
Gherkin vine
by shiny
Gherkins
Gherkins
by shiny
IMG_20191213_121415
IMG_20191213_121415
by shiny
IMG_20191213_121406
IMG_20191213_121406
by shiny
IMG_20191213_121405
IMG_20191213_121405
by shiny
IMG_20191126_190225
IMG_20191126_190225
by shiny
IMG_20191117_150215
IMG_20191117_150215
by shiny
IMG_20191108_072826
IMG_20191108_072826
by shiny

Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

No frost reached this gherkin planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct. We have no night temperatures for this gherkin planting. The gherkin planting went in on 6 Nov, 69 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This gherkin 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 69 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

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Crop

Photo of gherkin

Gherkin

a variety of Cucumber

  • 6 plantings
  • 2 harvests
  • An annual, living about 84 days
  • First harvest about 56 days after planting

World neighbours

Other gherkin plantings at the same latitude.