Broccoli planting

grown by ypgarden in Garden · Mountain View, CA

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Done

Planted 2013-11-01

First harvest expected 2014-02-22

Finished 2014-04-19

(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 13 years ago 2013-11-01

Progress

Done 169 days

Quantity

6 seedlings

Grown in

semi-shade

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seedling

Weather in Mountain View, CA New

Daily high and low

Too cold for broccoli so farFrom Nov 01 to Apr 19, 126 of 170 days had a high inside the best range of 15–24°C. The highs were below the best range on 33 days and above the best range on 11 days. The weather was too cold on 13 days (lows below 3°C).

2 °C frost lineDies at -1 °CGrows at 3–35°Grows best 15–24°

Daily rainfall

Rain: 214 mm
Hottest day: 27.9°C
Coldest night: -0.5°C
Soil temperature: 12.8°C
Days in its best range: 126 of 170
Days: 170

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

Planted on north-facing balcony, 1-2 per pot.

2014-01-06: Broccoli "flowers" visible on 2 plants.

2014-04-19: Crop was fairly successful. Retired 5 of the plants.

Photos

No photos yet.

Observations

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

2013-11-01 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost may have reached this broccoli planting

6 nights while frost was possible were at or below 2 °C. The coldest was -0.5 °C.

This broccoli planting against the frost season

Frost danger

29 Dec – 20 Jan

This planting

Finished 19 Apr

Planted 80 days before the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
Possible: as early or late as it has come
Planting, finished

Coldest night

-0.5 °C

2.5 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line

Frost danger it grew through

80 days

from planting to the latest it has come, 20 Feb

Usual last frost

20 Jan

planted 80 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)