scots potato grown by shiny
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scots potato Scots Potato planting

grown by shiny in Sunny old raised bed · Wellington, New Zealand

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Done
  1. Planted 2018-10-14
  2. First harvest 2019-03-09
  3. Finished 2019-03-09

Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 8 years ago 2018-10-14

Progress

Done 146 days

Degree days

1,046 of about 1,170 needed

Quantity

unknown roots/tubers

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Parent Seed

scots potato
scots potato

Grown from

Root/tuber Your scots potato packet

Seeds saved

1 packet of seed

Weather in Wellington, New Zealand New

Daily high and low
Too cold for scots potato so farFrom Oct 14 to Mar 09, 104 of 147 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 42 days and above the best range on 1 day. The weather was too cold on 12 days (lows below 7°C).
2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 7–30°Grows best 15–25°
Daily rainfall
Rain
406 mm
Hottest day
25.9°C
Coldest night
2.2°C
Soil temperature
16.4°C
Days in its best range
104 of 147
Days
147

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.

  1. Day 0
    Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this scots potato planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct. We have no night temperatures for this scots potato planting. The scots potato planting went in on 14 Oct, 46 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This scots potato 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 46 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

scots potato
scots potato harvest
tuber
picked 2019-03-09 by shiny

Seeds saved

scots potato

scots potato

seeds saved by shiny
  • non-certified organic
  • non-certified GMO-free
  • heirloom
  • will trade locally
  • Wellington, NZ

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Crop

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Scots Potato

a variety of Potato

  • 6 plantings
  • 14 harvests
  • An annual, living about 187 days
  • First harvest about 132 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 186 days after planting
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