sunflower grown by shiny
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sunflower Sunflower planting

grown by shiny in Raised Bed Three · Wellington, NZ

All of shiny's plantings

Done

Planted 2025-10-03

Harvest started 2026-06-02

Finished 2026-02-06

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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 2025-10-03

Progress

Done 126 days

Quantity

unknown plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

5 of 5

Parent Seed

sunflower
sunflower
2026-02-06

Grown from

Seed Your sunflower packet

Seeds saved

1 packet of seed

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Growing, though not at the fastest, for sunflower so farFrom Oct 03 to Feb 06, 37 of 127 days had a high inside the best range of 17–34°C. The highs were below the best range on 90 days.
2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 5–45°Grows best 17–34°
Daily rainfall
Rain
407 mm
Hottest day
21.1°C
Coldest night
5.1°C
Soil temperature
14.9°C
Days in its best range
37 of 127
Days
127

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.

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    Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this sunflower planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct. We have no night temperatures for this sunflower planting. The sunflower planting went in on 3 Oct, 35 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This sunflower 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 35 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

sunflower
sunflower harvest
seed
picked 2026-06-02 by shiny

Seeds saved

sunflower saved 2026

sunflower

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  • Wellington, NZ

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Crop

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Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

  • 60 plantings
  • 9 harvests
  • An annual, living about 95 days
  • First harvest about 128 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 129 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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