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Calendula planting

grown by shiny in Sunny old raised bed · Wellington, New Zealand

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83Q7

Planted 2026-10-10

Finish expected 2027-01-16

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No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

about 1 month ago 2026-10-10

Progress

35% day 35 of 98

Quantity

unknown plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

3 of 5

Short code

83Q7 for plant markers and labels

Weather in Wellington, New Zealand New

Daily high and low
Too cold for calendula so farFrom Oct 10 to Nov 09, 7 of 31 days had a high inside the best range of 16–26°C. The highs were below the best range on 24 days. The weather was too cold on 7 days (lows below 8°C).
Expected to be mixed for calendulaGoing by last year's weather, 43 of the 68 days from Nov 10 to Jan 16 should have a high inside the best range of 16–26°C. The highs could be below the best range on 25 days. It could be too cold on 1 day (lows below 8°C).
Latest, Nov 09: 14.6°C / 11.4°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 8–30°Grows best 16–26°
Daily rainfall
Latest, Nov 09: 0.9 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
59 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
6.1°C
Soil temperature
14.1°C
Days in its best range
7 of 31
Days
31

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

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by shiny

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost danger has passed for this calendula planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 44 days ago. The calendula planting went outdoors on 26 Oct, 58 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This calendula 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, 158 days after this calendula 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)

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Crop

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Calendula

Calendula officinalis

  • 23 plantings
  • An annual, living about 98 days
  • Usually grown in sun
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