Basil planting

grown by rainbow in Garden · Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand

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Planted 2026-10-24

First harvest expected 2026-12-19

Finish expected 2027-03-12

(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

20 days ago 2026-10-24

Progress

14% day 20 of 139

Quantity

unknown plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Short code

ULCT for plant markers and labels

Weather in Kilbirnie, Wellington New

Daily high and low

Too cold for basil so farFrom Oct 24 to Nov 08, 1 of 16 days had a high inside the best range of 18–27°C. The highs were below the best range on 15 days. The weather was too cold on 2 days (lows below 7°C).

Expected to grow, though not at the fastest, for basilGoing by last year's weather, 22 of the 124 days from Nov 09 to Mar 12 should have a high inside the best range of 18–27°C. The highs could be below the best range on 102 days.

Latest, Nov 08: 16.3°C / 11.8°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 7–36°Grows best 18–27°

Daily rainfall

Latest, Nov 08: 1.9 mm

The dotted lines and bars are expected weather, last year's data for the same days moved forward a year. They are not observed.

Rain: 23 mm
Hottest day: 18.3°C
Coldest night: 6.4°C
Soil temperature: 14.8°C
Days in its best range: 1 of 16
Days: 16

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.

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Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost danger has passed for this basil planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 43 days ago. The basil planting went in on 24 Oct, 56 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This basil planting against the frost season

Today, 13 Nov

Frost danger

23 Jun – 29 Aug

23 Jun →

This planting

Planted 24 Oct

Finish expected 12 Mar

Planted 56 days after the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
Possible: as early or late as it has come
Planting so far
Planting still to come

Usual last frost

29 Aug

has come as late as 1 Oct

Next frost danger starts

23 Jun

as early as 4 Jun, 103 days after this basil planting finishes

Frost-free season

295 days

in a typical year

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)