Turmeric planting

grown by tiki19 in Kid-friendly pot garden · Thornlie, Perth, Western Australia (southern suburbs, Bassendean sands)

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Planted 2012-08-08
First harvest 2014-01-24 expected

No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

over 14 years ago 2012-08-08

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Degree days

1,078 of about 1,620 needed

Quantity

3 root divisions

Grown in

partial shade

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Root division

Weather in Thornlie, Perth New

Daily high and low

Too hot and too cold for turmeric so farFrom Aug 08 to May 20, 117 of 286 days had a high inside the best range of 20–28°C. The highs were below the best range on 63 days and above the best range on 106 days. The weather was too hot on 60 days (highs above 32°C) and too cold on 204 days (lows below 18°C).

Grows at 18–32°Grows best 20–28°

Daily rainfall

Nobody has marked this planting as finished, and it is long past when it should have finished, so the weather shown ends on May 20, 2013, when it was expected to finish.

Rain: 377 mm
Hottest day: 40.8°C
Coldest night: 6.4°C
Soil temperature: 22.4°C
Days in its best range: 117 of 286
Days: 286

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

Three tumeric roots from the grocers had started to sprout, so I planted them. Two did end up shooting. They stayed leafy for the summer but died off over winter 2013 (as expected in this climate). Waiting to see if they will reawaken when the warmth returns.

Photos

No photos yet.

Observations

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

2012-08-08 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost is rare here

Frost is rare in this area, so we show no frost dates.

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)