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Pukekohe Long Keeper Onion planting

grown by shiny in The Deck · Wellington, New zealand

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B52G

Planted 2026-11-02

First harvest expected 2027-03-04

Finish expected 2027-06-25

(One emoji = 1 week)

No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

12 days ago 2026-11-02

Progress

5% day 12 of 235

Quantity

unknown seeds

Grown in

sun

Rating

3 of 5

Short code

B52G for plant markers and labels

Parent Seed

2026-11-02

Weather in Wellington, New zealand New

Daily high and low
Good conditions for Pukekohe long keeper onion so farFrom Nov 02 to Nov 09, 8 of 8 days had a high inside the best range of 12–25°C.
Expected to suit Pukekohe long keeper onionGoing by last year's weather, 207 of the 228 days from Nov 10 to Jun 25 should have a high inside the best range of 12–25°C. The highs could be below the best range on 21 days.
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 4–30°Grows best 12–25°
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
12 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
11.1°C
Soil temperature
16.0°C
Days in its best range
8 of 8
Days
8

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

In the old herb planter

Photos

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Observations

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

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    Planted

Frost danger has passed for this Pukekohe long keeper onion planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. The Pukekohe long keeper onion planting went in on 2 Nov, 65 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This Pukekohe long keeper onion planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • 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, -2 days after this Pukekohe long keeper onion 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)

Harvests

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Seeds saved

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Jobs

Nothing is planned here.

2 comments

Posted by shiny on November 01, 2026 23:41

Onions always take a long time to grow for me. I'm hopeful this planter will be more dry and maybe speed it up

Posted by shiny on November 01, 2026 23:42

I should probably add Pukekohe long keeper as a crop. It's an old nz heirloom.

Crop

Photo of Pukekohe long keeper onion

Pukekohe Long Keeper Onion

Allium cepa

a variety of Onion

  • 1 planting
  • An annual
  • Usually grown in sun