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  1. Planted 2014-01-07
  2. First harvest 2014-02-20 expected
  3. Last harvest 2014-06-07 expected
  4. Finished 2014-06-07 expected

Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

almost 13 years ago 2014-01-07

Progress

Done Finished

Degree days

12,092 of about 700 needed

Quantity

4 seedlings

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seedling

Weather in Ballarat, Victoria New

Daily high and low
2 °C frost lineGrows at 6–40°Grows best 17–30°
Daily rainfall
Rain
745 mm
Hottest day
40.8°C
Coldest night
0.3°C
Soil temperature
13.8°C
Days in its best range
161 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.

Notes

A couple of different kinds of zucchini. Two were planted from seedling, and two from seed.

Photos

No photos yet.

Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

No frost reached this zucchini planting

Frost was possible until 28 Oct. We have no night temperatures for this zucchini planting. The zucchini planting went in on 7 Jan, 269 days before the usual last frost (3 Oct).

This zucchini planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
6 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 28 Oct
Usual last frost
3 Oct
planted 269 days before 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

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Seeds saved

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Jobs

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Crop

Photo of zucchini

Zucchini

Cucurbita pepo.

a variety of Cucurbita Pepo

  • 80 plantings
  • 17 harvests
  • An annual, living about 118 days
  • First harvest about 93 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 151 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other zucchini plantings at the same latitude.