Silverbeet planting

grown by trishf42 in Raised Veg garden 1 · Woomelang, Victoria, Australia (chard)

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Planted 2026-05-23

Harvest started 2026-10-22

Finish expected 2027-02-04

(One emoji = 1 week)

Harvest months

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

6 months ago 2026-05-23

Progress

68% day 175 of 257

Quantity

10 seeds

Grown in

semi-shade

Rating

5 of 5

Grown from

Seed

Weather in Woomelang, Victoria New

Daily high and low

Too cold for chard so farFrom May 23 to Nov 09, 106 of 171 days had a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs were below the best range on 52 days and above the best range on 13 days. The weather was too cold on 41 days (lows below 5°C).

Expected to be too hot for chardGoing by last year's weather, 26 of the 87 days from Nov 10 to Feb 04 should have a high inside the best range of 15–25°C. The highs could be above the best range on 61 days. It could be too hot on 20 days (highs above 35°C) and too cold on 1 day (lows below 5°C).

Latest, Nov 09: 24.0°C / 8.0°C2 °C frost lineGrows at 5–35°Grows best 15–25°

Daily rainfall

Latest, Nov 09: 0.0 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: 266 mm
Hottest day: 30.3°C
Coldest night: 0.8°C
Soil temperature: 12.4°C
Days in its best range: 106 of 171
Days: 171

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.

Notes

The cabbage moths and I share this one.

Photos

No photos yet.

Observations

Nothing noticed yet. Note when it flowers, fruits, wilts or falls ill.

2026-05-23 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost danger has passed for this chard planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 11 Sep, 64 days ago. The chard planting went in on 23 May, 94 days before the usual last frost (25 Aug). 3 nights so far were at or below 2 °C, the coldest 0.8 °C.

This chard planting against the frost season

Today, 14 Nov

Frost danger

14 Jun – 25 Aug

14 Jun →

This planting

Planted 23 May

Finish expected 4 Feb

Planted 94 days before the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
Possible: as early or late as it has come
Planting so far
Planting still to come

Coldest night

0.8 °C

1.2 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line

Usual last frost

25 Aug

has come as late as 11 Sep

Next frost danger starts

14 Jun

as early as 30 May, 130 days after this chard planting finishes

Frost-free season

299 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)