asparagus grown by shiny
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asparagus Asparagus planting

grown by shiny in Raised Bed One · Wellington, NZ

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Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 1 year ago 2025-10-25

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

unknown plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

3 of 5

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Too cold for asparagus so farFrom Nov 14 to Nov 09, 134 of 361 days had a high inside the best range of 15–30°C. The highs were below the best range on 227 days. The weather was too cold on 54 days (lows below 6°C).
Expected to be too cold for asparagusGoing by last year's weather, 136 of the 365 days from Nov 10 to Nov 09 should have a high inside the best range of 15–30°C. The highs could be below the best range on 229 days. It could be too cold on 54 days (lows below 6°C).
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineDies at -1 °CGrows at 6–38°Grows best 15–30°
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
1,081 mm
Hottest day
21.1°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
12.5°C
Days in its best range
134 of 361
Days
361

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

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost danger has passed for this asparagus planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. 3 nights so far were at or below 2 °C, the coldest 1.1 °C.

This asparagus 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
1.1 °C
0.9 °C below 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, -428 days after this asparagus 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

asparagus
asparagus harvest
stem
picked 2026-10-31 by shiny

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Crop

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Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis

  • 33 plantings
  • 6 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 520 days after planting
  • Usually grown in semi-shade
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