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zucchini Zucchini planting

grown by shiny in Big main bed · Wellington, NZ

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AJD4

Planted 2026-10-11

First harvest expected 2027-01-12

Finish expected 2027-02-06

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Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 1 month ago 2026-10-11

Progress

28% day 34 of 118

Quantity

2 seeds

Grown in

not specified

Rating

3 of 5

Short code

AJD4 for plant markers and labels

Grown from

Seed

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Growing, though not at the fastest, for zucchini so farFrom Oct 11 to Nov 09, 2 of 30 days had a high inside the best range of 17–30°C. The highs were below the best range on 28 days.
Expected to grow, though not at the fastest, for zucchiniGoing by last year's weather, 37 of the 89 days from Nov 10 to Feb 06 should have a high inside the best range of 17–30°C. The highs could be below the best range on 52 days.
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 6–40°Grows best 17–30°
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
58 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
6.1°C
Soil temperature
14.0°C
Days in its best range
2 of 30
Days
30

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

Frost danger has passed for this zucchini planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. The zucchini planting went outdoors on 20 Oct, 52 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This zucchini 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, 137 days after this zucchini 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

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Seeds saved

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Jobs

Pull out finished plants

in 5 months
shiny

Pick fruit while small

in about 2 months
shiny

Feed with liquid fertiliser

in 8 days
shiny

Check leaves for powdery mildew

in 8 days
shiny

Hand pollinate the female flowers

in 8 days
shiny

Finished

Mulch around the plants

13 days ago
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Crop

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Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo.

a variety of Cucurbita Pepo

  • 80 plantings
  • 17 harvests
  • An annual, living about 118 days
  • First harvest about 93 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 151 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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