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Basil planting

grown by shiny in Raised Bed Two · Wellington, NZ

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Planted 2026-10-10

First harvest expected 2026-12-05

Finish expected 2027-02-26

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Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 1 month ago 2026-10-10

Progress

25% day 35 of 139

Quantity

6 seeds

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Parent Seed

basil
basil

Grown from

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Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Too cold for basil so farFrom Oct 10 to Nov 09, 1 of 31 days had a high inside the best range of 18–27°C. The highs were below the best range on 30 days. The weather was too cold on 4 days (lows below 7°C).
Expected to grow, though not at the fastest, for basilGoing by last year's weather, 22 of the 109 days from Nov 10 to Feb 26 should have a high inside the best range of 18–27°C. The highs could be below the best range on 87 days.
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 7–36°Grows best 18–27°
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
59 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
6.1°C
Soil temperature
14.1°C
Days in its best range
1 of 31
Days
31

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.

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Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost danger has passed for this basil planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. The basil planting went outdoors on 18 Oct, 50 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This basil planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Somewhere safe from frost
  • Planting so far
  • Planting still to come
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, 117 days after this basil 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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Basil

Ocimum basilicum

  • 161 plantings
  • 33 harvests
  • An annual, living about 139 days
  • First harvest about 56 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 59 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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