Skud

Rhubarb planting

grown by Skud in Thornbury back garden · Thornbury, Victoria, Australia

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Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

over 13 years ago 2013-03-29

Progress

Done Finished

Quantity

4 plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Thornbury, Victoria New

Daily high and low
2 °C frost lineDies at -1 °CGrows at 5–30°Grows best 15–24°
Daily rainfall
Rain
861 mm
Hottest day
42.8°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
15.9°C
Days in its best range
200 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

4 "Victoria" variety rhubarb plants, from seedlings purchased at the CERES nursery. Potted into 8" pots with a mix of potting mix and a couple of trowels-ful of compost. Gave them a quick seaweed-emulsion watering. Hopefully they like it.

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Observations

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  1. Day 0
    Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this rhubarb planting

Frost was possible until 14 Sep. We have no night temperatures for this rhubarb planting.

This rhubarb planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
120 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 14 Sep
Usual last frost
27 Aug
has come as late as 14 Sep

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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Rhubarb

Rheum rhabarbarum

  • 21 plantings
  • 27 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 200 days after planting
  • Usually grown in semi-shade
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