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Planted 2017-09-29

Harvest started 2018-01-02

Finished 2018-01-02

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Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 9 years ago 2017-09-29

Progress

Done 95 days

Quantity

8 roots/tubers

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Root/tuber

Weather in wellington, new zealand New

Daily high and low
Too cold for red potato so farFrom Sep 29 to Jan 02, 53 of 96 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 43 days. 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
138 mm
Hottest day
21.9°C
Coldest night
4.6°C
Soil temperature
15.6°C
Days in its best range
53 of 96
Days
96

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

Red

Photos

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Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

No frost reached this red potato planting

Frost was possible until 1 Oct, and no night in that time was colder than 6.6 °C. The red potato planting went in on 29 Sep, 31 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This red potato planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Coldest night
6.6 °C
4.6 °C above the 2 °C frost danger line
Frost danger it grew through
3 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 1 Oct
Usual last frost
29 Aug
planted 31 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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Red Potato

a variety of Potato

  • 3 plantings
  • 1 harvest
  • An annual, living about 95 days
  • First harvest about 95 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 95 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun