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peppermint Peppermint planting

grown by shiny in South garden · Wellington, New zealand

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86V7 Done

Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 10 years ago 2016-09-13

Progress

Done 98 days

Quantity

unknown cuttings

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Short code

86V7 for plant markers and labels

Grown from

Cutting

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Wellington, New zealand New

Daily high and low
Mixed conditions for peppermint so farFrom Sep 13 to Dec 20, 12 of 99 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 87 days. The weather was too cold on 2 days (lows below 4°C).
2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 4–35°Grows best 15–25°
Daily rainfall
Rain
338 mm
Hottest day
17.8°C
Coldest night
3.0°C
Soil temperature
12.1°C
Days in its best range
12 of 99
Days
99

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

No frost reached this peppermint planting

Frost was possible until 30 Sep, and no night in that time was colder than 5.2 °C. The peppermint planting went in on 13 Sep, 16 days after the usual last frost (28 Aug).

This peppermint planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Coldest night
5.2 °C
3.2 °C above the 2 °C frost danger line
Frost danger it grew through
18 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 30 Sep
Usual last frost
28 Aug
planted 16 days after 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

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Peppermint

Mentha x piperita

a variety of Mint

  • 18 plantings
  • 10 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 29 days after planting
  • Usually grown in semi-shade

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