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Rhubarb planting

grown by shiny in Near the garage · Wellington, NZ

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Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 2 months ago 2026-09-20

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

4 plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Too cold for rhubarb so farFrom Sep 20 to Nov 10, 12 of 52 days had a high inside the best range of 15–24°C. The highs were below the best range on 40 days. The weather was too cold on 3 days (lows below 5°C).
Expected to be too cold for rhubarbGoing by last year's weather, 136 of the 365 days from Nov 11 to Nov 10 should have a high inside the best range of 15–24°C. The highs could be below the best range on 229 days. It could be too cold on 30 days (lows below 5°C).
Latest, Nov 10: 18.5°C / 11.9°C2 °C frost lineDies at -1 °CGrows at 5–30°Grows best 15–24°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 10: 18.7 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
119 mm
Hottest day
18.5°C
Coldest night
3.5°C
Soil temperature
12.6°C
Days in its best range
12 of 52
Days
52

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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by shiny

Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

Frost danger has passed for this rhubarb planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 45 days ago. The rhubarb planting went in on 20 Sep, 22 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This rhubarb planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting so far
  • Planting still to come
Coldest night
4.2 °C
2.2 °C above the 2 °C frost danger line
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, -280 days after this rhubarb 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.

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Jobs

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