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borage Borage planting

grown by shiny in Raised Bed Three · Wellington, NZ

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U49S

Planted 2026-09-24

Harvest started 2026-10-26

Finish expected 2026-11-16

  • borage
  • borage
  • borage
(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 2 months ago 2026-09-24

Progress

94% day 50 of 53

Quantity

unknown volunteers

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Short code

U49S for plant markers and labels

Grown from

Volunteer

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Mixed conditions for borage so farFrom Sep 24 to Nov 08, 11 of 46 days had a high inside the best range of 15–22°C. The highs were below the best range on 35 days. The weather was too cold on 1 day (lows below 4°C).
Expected to grow, though not at the fastest, for borageGoing by last year's weather, 2 of the 8 days from Nov 09 to Nov 16 should have a high inside the best range of 15–22°C. The highs could be below the best range on 6 days.
Latest, Nov 08: 16.3°C / 11.8°C2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 4–26°Grows best 15–22°
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
82 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
3.5°C
Soil temperature
12.8°C
Days in its best range
11 of 46
Days
46

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 danger has passed for this borage planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 43 days ago. The borage planting went in on 24 Sep, 26 days after the usual last frost (29 Aug).

This borage planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting so far
  • Planting still to come
Coldest night
4.2 °C
2.2 °C above the 2 °C frost danger line
Usual last frost
29 Aug
has come as late as 1 Oct
Next frost danger starts
23 Jun
as early as 4 Jun, 219 days after this borage 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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Borage

Borago officinalis

  • 20 plantings
  • 4 harvests
  • An annual, living about 53 days
  • First harvest about 33 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other borage plantings at the same latitude.