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artichoke Artichoke planting

grown by shiny in North West bed · Wellington, NZ

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ZS6Q

Harvest months

Spring
September
October, usually harvesting
November, usually harvesting
Summer
December, usually harvesting
January, usually harvesting
February
Autumn
March
April
May
Winter
June
July
August

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 1 month ago 2026-10-10

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Quantity

unknown seeds

Grown in

not specified

Rating

3 of 5

Short code

ZS6Q for plant markers and labels

Grown from

Seed

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Growing, though not at the fastest, for artichoke so farFrom Oct 10 to Nov 08, 10 of 30 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 20 days.
Expected to be too cold for artichokeGoing by last year's weather, 125 of the 308 days from Nov 09 to Sep 12 should have a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs could be below the best range on 183 days. It could be too cold on 27 days (lows below 5°C).
Latest, Nov 08: 16.3°C / 11.8°C2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 5–30°Grows best 15–25°
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
58 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
6.1°C
Soil temperature
14.0°C
Days in its best range
10 of 30
Days
30

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.

Photos

2026-11-12_04-59-18
2026-11-12_04-59-18
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2026-11-12_04-59-05
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Frost danger has passed for this artichoke planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 43 days ago. The artichoke planting went outdoors on 12 Nov, 75 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This artichoke planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Somewhere safe from frost
  • 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, -81 days after this artichoke 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)

Harvests

No harvests recorded yet.

Seeds saved

No seeds saved yet.

Jobs

Divide the clumps

in almost 3 years

Mulch the crowns for winter

in 9 months

Cut the stems down after harvest

in 7 months

Cut the heads while the scales are tight

in 5 months

Check for aphids

in 8 days

Finished

Mulch around the plants

6 days ago

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