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Calendula planting

grown by shiny in behind the feijoa · Wellington, New Zealand

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ZVL3

Planted 2026-10-20

Finish expected 2027-01-26

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No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

25 days ago 2026-10-20

Progress

25% day 25 of 98

Quantity

1 seed

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Short code

ZVL3 for plant markers and labels

Parent Seed

calendula
calendula

Grown from

Seed Your calendula packet

Weather in Wellington, New Zealand New

Daily high and low
Too cold for calendula so farFrom Oct 20 to Nov 09, 6 of 21 days had a high inside the best range of 16–26°C. The highs were below the best range on 15 days. The weather was too cold on 3 days (lows below 8°C).
Expected to be mixed for calendulaGoing by last year's weather, 48 of the 78 days from Nov 10 to Jan 26 should have a high inside the best range of 16–26°C. The highs could be below the best range on 30 days. It could be too cold on 1 day (lows below 8°C).
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 8–30°Grows best 16–26°
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
23 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
6.4°C
Soil temperature
14.7°C
Days in its best range
6 of 21
Days
21

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 calendula planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. The calendula planting went in on 20 Oct, 52 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This calendula 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, 148 days after this calendula 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

Photo of calendula

Calendula

Calendula officinalis

  • 23 plantings
  • An annual, living about 98 days
  • Usually grown in sun
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