trishf42

New Zealand Spinach planting

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

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Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

over 1 year ago 2025-05-25

Progress

Done 143 days

Quantity

unknown seeds

Grown in

semi-shade

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seed

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in Woomelang, Victoria New

Daily high and low
Too cold for New Zealand spinach so farFrom May 25 to Oct 15, 24 of 144 days had a high inside the best range of 19–28°C. The highs were below the best range on 119 days and above the best range on 1 day. The weather was too cold on 135 days (lows below 10°C).
2 °C frost lineGrows at 10–36°Grows best 19–28°
Daily rainfall
Rain
150 mm
Hottest day
29.4°C
Coldest night
0.5°C
Soil temperature
10.5°C
Days in its best range
24 of 144
Days
144

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

Going strong, Will be harvesting very soon!

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Observations

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Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost may have reached this New Zealand spinach planting

7 nights while frost was possible were at or below 2 °C. The coldest was 0.5 °C.

This New Zealand spinach planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Coldest night
0.5 °C
1.5 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line
Frost danger it grew through
105 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 11 Sep
Usual last frost
25 Aug
planted 92 days before 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

Photo of New Zealand spinach

New Zealand Spinach

Tetragonia tetragonioides

  • 14 plantings
  • 6 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 84 days after planting
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