kale grown by Bridge4
Bridge4

kale Kale planting

grown by Bridge4 in Raised Kitchen Window Garden Bed · Melbourne Australia

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Finished

Planted 2019-09-28

First harvest expected 2019-12-18

Finish expected 2020-03-24

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(One emojii = 1 week)
Daily high and low New
2 °C frost line
Daily rainfall
Rain
875 mm
Hottest day
42.8°C
Coldest night
1.1°C
Soil temperature
15.9°C
Days
361

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.

Harvest months

Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

about 7 years ago 2019-09-28

Progress

Done finished

Quantity

1 seed

Grown in

sun

Rating

not rated

Notes

Only one survived of the 5 that came up, and almost died over winter from caterpillars. So haven't had that much produce from it.

Photos

Kale
Kale
by Bridge4

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this kale planting

Frost was possible until 14 Sep. We have no night temperatures for this kale planting. The kale planting went in on 28 Sep, 32 days after the usual last frost (27 Aug).

This kale planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
0 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 14 Sep
Usual last frost
27 Aug
planted 32 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)

Harvests

No harvests recorded yet.

Seeds saved

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Jobs

Nothing is planned here.

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Crop

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Kale

Brassica oleracea Acephala group

a variety of Brassica Oleracea Acephela Group

  • 75 plantings
  • 24 harvests
  • An annual, living about 178 days
  • First harvest about 43 days after planting
  • Last harvest about 118 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun
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