Sunflower planting

grown by shiny in Fence garden · Wellington, New Zealand

All of shiny's plantings

Done

Sown 2019-10-13
Finished 2019-12-01
First harvest 2020-02-18 expected
Last harvest 2020-02-19 expected

Harvest months

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 7 years ago 2019-10-13

Progress

Done 49 days

Degree days

338 of about 1,435 needed

Quantity

3 seeds

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Parent Seed

sunflower

2026-02-06

Grown from

Seed Your sunflower packet

Weather in Wellington, New Zealand New

Daily high and low

Mixed conditions for sunflower so farFrom Oct 13 to Dec 01, 6 of 50 days had a high inside the best range of 17–34°C. The highs were below the best range on 44 days. The weather was too cold on 2 days (lows below 5°C).

2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 5–45°Grows best 17–34°

Daily rainfall

Rain: 126 mm
Hottest day: 19.1°C
Coldest night: 3.9°C
Soil temperature: 13.2°C
Days in its best range: 6 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.

Notes

eaten by snails

Photos

IMG_20191027_162708

by shiny 2019-10-27 0

IMG_20191023_073703

by shiny 2019-10-23 0

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by shiny 2019-10-20 0

IMG_20191020_185644

by shiny 2019-10-20 0

Observations

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

2019-10-13 Day 0

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 13 Oct, 45 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This sunflower planting against the frost season

Frost danger

23 Jun – 29 Aug

22 Jun →

This planting

Finished 1 Dec

Planted 45 days after the usual last frost

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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 45 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)