Amaranth planting

grown by GoatLady in Goat Pasture · Culpeper County, Virginia, US

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Sown 2013-05-01
First harvest 2013-06-15 expected

No harvest months for this crop at this latitude yet.

Planted

over 13 years ago 2013-05-01

Progress

unknown no finish predicted

Degree days

2,328 of about 525 needed

Quantity

20 seeds

Grown in

full sun

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seed

Weather in Culpeper County, Virginia New

Daily high and low

Mixed conditions for amaranth so farFrom May 01 to Oct 13, 118 of 166 days had a high inside the best range of 19–30°C. The highs were below the best range on 18 days and above the best range on 30 days. The weather was too cold on 6 days (lows below 7°C).

2 °C frost lineDies at 0 °CGrows at 7–45°Grows best 19–30°

Daily rainfall

Nobody has marked this planting as finished, and it is long past when it should have finished, so the weather shown ends on October 13, 2013, when it was expected to finish.

Rain: 585 mm
Hottest day: 34.2°C
Coldest night: 2.8°C
Soil temperature: 20.7°C
Days in its best range: 118 of 166
Days: 166

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

Planted golden giant grain amaranth as fodder for goats and chickens. Turned out to be a magnet & ideal habitat for several insect pests here in the Virginia Piedmont. Won't be planting it again.

Photos

No photos yet.

Observations

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

2013-05-01 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

No frost reached this amaranth planting

Frost was possible until 28 Apr. We have no night temperatures for this amaranth planting. The amaranth planting went in on 1 May, 21 days after the usual last frost (10 Apr).

This amaranth planting against the frost season

Frost danger

1 Nov – 10 Apr

1 Nov →

This planting

Finished 13 Oct

Planted 21 days after the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
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Planting, finished

Frost danger it grew through

0 days

from planting to the latest it has come, 28 Apr

Usual last frost

10 Apr

planted 21 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)