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2U7C

Planted 2026-10-10

Finish expected 2026-12-05

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Planted

about 1 month ago 2026-10-10

Progress

62% day 35 of 56

Quantity

3 plants

Grown in

sun

Rating

3 of 5

Short code

2U7C for plant markers and labels

Parent Seed

Grown from

Seed Your watermelon packet

Weather in Wellington, New Zealand New

Daily high and low
Too cold for watermelon so farFrom Oct 10 to Nov 09, 0 of 31 days had a high inside the best range of 20–35°C. The highs were below the best range on 31 days. The weather was too cold on 31 days (lows below 15°C).
Expected to be too cold for watermelonGoing by last year's weather, 0 of the 26 days from Nov 10 to Dec 05 should have a high inside the best range of 20–35°C. The highs could be below the best range on 26 days. It could be too cold on 26 days (lows below 15°C).
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 15–40°Grows best 20–35°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 09: 0.9 mm

The dotted lines and bars are expected weather, last year's data for the same days moved forward a year. They are not observed.

Rain
59 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
6.1°C
Soil temperature
14.1°C
Days in its best range
0 of 31
Days
31

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 danger has passed for this watermelon planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. The watermelon planting went outdoors on 18 Oct, 50 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This watermelon planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Somewhere safe from frost
  • Planting so far
  • Planting still to come
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, 200 days after this watermelon planting finishes
Frost-free season
295 days
in a typical year

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

No harvests recorded yet.

Seeds saved

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Jobs

Hand pollinate the female flowers

in 7 days

Finished

Mulch around the plants

14 days ago

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