Kale planting

grown by shiny in Raised Bed Two · Wellington, NZ

All of shiny's plantings

Done

Planted 2026-05-01

Harvest started 2026-10-11

Finished 2026-10-18

(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

7 months ago 2026-05-01

Progress

Done 170 days

Quantity

3 plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

3 of 5

Parent Seed

kale

Grown from

Seed Your kale packet

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low

Too cold for kale so farFrom May 01 to Oct 18, 8 of 171 days had a high inside the best range of 15–22°C. The highs were below the best range on 163 days. The weather was too cold on 87 days (lows below 7°C).

2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 7–30°Grows best 15–22°

Daily rainfall

Rain: 502 mm
Hottest day: 17.2°C
Coldest night: 1.1°C
Soil temperature: 9.7°C
Days in its best range: 8 of 171
Days: 171

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

IMG_20260916_150836

by shiny 2026-09-16 0

Observations

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

2026-05-01 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost may have reached this kale planting

3 nights while frost was possible were at or below 2 °C. The coldest was 1.1 °C.

This kale planting against the frost season

Frost danger

23 Jun – 29 Aug

23 Jun →

This planting

Finished 18 Oct

Planted 120 days before the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
Possible: as early or late as it has come
Planting, finished

Coldest night

1.1 °C

0.9 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line

Frost danger it grew through

120 days

from planting to the latest it has come, 1 Oct

Usual last frost

29 Aug

planted 120 days before 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)