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grown by shiny in The Deck · Wellington, New zealand

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Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 11 years ago 2015-10-01

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

1 seedling

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seedling

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Wellington, New zealand New

Daily high and low
Too cold for blueberry so farFrom Nov 15 to Nov 10, 285 of 361 days had a high inside the best range of 8–17°C. The highs were below the best range on 11 days and above the best range on 65 days. The weather was too cold on 30 days (lows below 5°C).
Latest, Nov 10: 18.5°C / 11.9°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 5–25°Grows best 8–17°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 10: 18.7 mm
Rain
1,099 mm
Hottest day
21.1°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
12.5°C
Days in its best range
285 of 361
Days
361

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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The deck
The deck
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Blueberries
Blueberries
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Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

Frost danger has passed for this blueberry planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 45 days ago. 3 nights so far were at or below 2 °C, the coldest 1.1 °C.

This blueberry planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting so far
Coldest night
1.1 °C
0.9 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, 220 days from now
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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Crop

Photo of blueberry

Blueberry

Vaccinium sect. Cyanococcus

  • 27 plantings
  • 11 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 479 days after planting
  • Usually grown in semi-shade

World neighbours

Other blueberry plantings at the same latitude.