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Poppy planting

grown by shiny in North West bed · Wellington, NZ

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No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

6 days ago 2026-11-09

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Degree days

22 of about 2,228 needed

Quantity

unknown plants

Grown in

full sun

Rating

3 of 5

Parent Seed

2026-11-09

Grown from

Seed Your poppy packet

Variety

fire circle from the seed packet

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Growing, though not at the fastest, for poppy so farFrom Nov 09 to Nov 10, 1 of 2 days had a high inside the best range of 15–24°C. The highs were below the best range on 1 day.
Expected to suit poppyGoing by last year's weather, 119 of the 172 days from Nov 11 to May 01 should have a high inside the best range of 15–24°C. The highs could be below the best range on 53 days.
Latest, Nov 10: 18.5°C / 11.9°C2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 3–28°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
20 mm
Hottest day
18.5°C
Coldest night
11.4°C
Soil temperature
15.1°C
Days in its best range
1 of 2
Days
2

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 poppy planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 45 days ago. The poppy planting went in on 9 Nov, 72 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This poppy planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • 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, 53 days after this poppy 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)

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Crop

Photo of poppy

Poppy

Papaver commutatum

  • 3 plantings
  • An annual

World neighbours

Other poppy plantings at the same latitude.