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celery Celery planting

grown by shiny in Raised Bed Three · Wellington, NZ

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KAAM

Planted 2026-07-20

First harvest expected 2026-10-20

Finish expected 2026-12-13

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Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

4 months ago 2026-07-20

Progress

79% day 116 of 146

Quantity

unknown plants

Grown in

not specified

Rating

not rated

Short code

KAAM for plant markers and labels

Weather in Wellington, NZ New

Daily high and low
Too cold for celery so farFrom Jul 20 to Nov 08, 1 of 112 days had a high inside the best range of 18–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 111 days. The weather was too cold on 13 days (lows below 4°C).
Expected to grow, though not at the fastest, for celeryGoing by last year's weather, 3 of the 35 days from Nov 09 to Dec 13 should have a high inside the best range of 18–25°C. The highs could be below the best range on 32 days.
Latest, Nov 08: 16.3°C / 11.8°C2 °C frost lineDies at -1 °CGrows at 4–28°Grows best 18–25°
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
267 mm
Hottest day
18.3°C
Coldest night
1.5°C
Soil temperature
10.5°C
Days in its best range
1 of 112
Days
112

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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Frost danger has passed for this celery planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 1 Oct, 43 days ago. The celery planting went in on 20 Jul, 40 days before the usual last frost (29 Aug). One night so far was at or below 2 °C, the coldest 1.5 °C.

This celery 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
1.5 °C
0.5 °C below 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, 192 days after this celery 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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Celery

Apium graveolens var. dulce

  • 30 plantings
  • 7 harvests
  • An annual, living about 146 days
  • First harvest about 92 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 232 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other celery plantings at the same latitude.