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Planted 2013-11-01

First harvest expected 2014-06-08

Finished 2014-06-06

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No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

about 13 years ago 2013-11-01

Progress

Done 217 days

Quantity

12 seedlings

Grown in

sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seedling

Weather in Mountain View, CA New

Daily high and low
Too hot and too cold for leek so farFrom Nov 01 to Jun 06, 96 of 218 days had a high inside the best range of 18–24°C. The highs were below the best range on 87 days and above the best range on 35 days. The weather was too hot on 17 days (highs above 27°C) and too cold on 43 days (lows below 6°C).
2 °C frost lineDies at -5 °CGrows at 6–27°Grows best 18–24°
Daily rainfall
Rain
233 mm
Hottest day
35.7°C
Coldest night
-0.5°C
Soil temperature
15.1°C
Days in its best range
96 of 218
Days
218

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 in earthbox on south-facing balcony.

2014-04-07: Retired most of the leeks (leek soup).

2014-06-06: Retired remaining leeks.

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Observations

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

  1. Day 0
    Planted

Frost may have reached this leek planting

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

This leek planting against the frost season

  • 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)

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Crop

Photo of leek

Leek

Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum

  • 37 plantings
  • 12 harvests
  • An annual, living about 258 days
  • First harvest about 283 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 394 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other leek plantings at the same latitude.