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giant pumpkin grown by shiny
  1. Sown 2017-11-18
  2. First harvest 2018-04-15
  3. Finished 2018-04-15

Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

almost 9 years ago 2017-11-18

Progress

Done 148 days

Degree days

982 of about 1,280 needed

Quantity

4 seeds

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seed

Seeds saved

1 packet of seed

Weather in Miramar, Wellington New

Daily high and low
Too cold for giant pumpkin so farFrom Nov 18 to Apr 15, 45 of 149 days had a high inside the best range of 20–30°C. The highs were below the best range on 104 days. The weather was too cold on 14 days (lows below 9°C).
2 °C frost lineGrows at 9–38°Grows best 20–30°
Daily rainfall
Rain
416 mm
Hottest day
24.6°C
Coldest night
5.7°C
Soil temperature
17.7°C
Days in its best range
45 of 149
Days
149

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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Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

No frost reached this giant pumpkin planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct. We have no night temperatures for this giant pumpkin planting. The giant pumpkin planting went in on 18 Nov, 81 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This giant pumpkin 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 81 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

giant pumpkin

seeds saved by shiny
  • 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 giant pumpkin

Giant Pumpkin

a variety of Pumpkin

  • 5 plantings
  • 3 harvests
  • An annual, living about 154 days
  • First harvest about 148 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 148 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other giant pumpkin plantings at the same latitude.