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basil grown by shiny

Planted 2017-11-19

Harvest started 2018-01-22

Finished 2018-04-23

(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

Spring
September
October
November
Summer
December
January, usually harvesting
February
Autumn
March, usually harvesting
April, usually harvesting
May
Winter
June
July
August

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

almost 9 years ago 2017-11-19

Progress

Done 155 days

Quantity

5 seedlings

Grown in

sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seedling

Weather in Wellington, New Zealand New

Daily high and low
Mixed conditions for basil so farFrom Nov 19 to Apr 23, 90 of 156 days had a high inside the best range of 18–27°C. The highs were below the best range on 66 days. The weather was too cold on 7 days (lows below 7°C).
2 °C frost lineGrows at 7–36°Grows best 18–27°
Daily rainfall
Rain
437 mm
Hottest day
24.6°C
Coldest night
5.7°C
Soil temperature
17.5°C
Days in its best range
90 of 156
Days
156

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
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by shiny

Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

No frost reached this basil planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct. We have no night temperatures for this basil planting. The basil planting went in on 19 Nov, 82 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
  • 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 82 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)

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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

World neighbours

Other basil plantings at the same latitude.