chives grown by shiny
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chives Chives planting

grown by shiny in Raised Bed Three · Wellington, NZ

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Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 2 months ago 2026-09-20

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

unknown plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Short code

WPPB for plant markers and labels

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Good conditions for chives so farFrom Sep 20 to Nov 08, 47 of 50 days had a high inside the best range of 10–20°C. The highs were below the best range on 3 days.
Expected to be mixed for chivesGoing by last year's weather, 237 of the 269 days from Nov 09 to Aug 04 should have a high inside the best range of 10–20°C. The highs could be below the best range on 27 days and above the best range on 5 days. It could be too cold on 3 days (lows below 2°C).
Latest, Nov 08: 16.3°C / 11.8°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 2–35°Grows best 10–20°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 08: 1.9 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
100 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
3.5°C
Soil temperature
12.5°C
Days in its best range
47 of 50
Days
50

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

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost danger has passed for this chives planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 43 days ago. The chives planting went in on 20 Sep, 22 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This chives 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, -42 days after this chives 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

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Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

  • 49 plantings
  • 22 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 51 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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