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perpetual spinach grown by shiny
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Perpetual Spinach planting

grown by shiny in Vege garden plot 1 · wellington, new zealand

All of shiny's plantings

Finished

Harvest months

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

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

almost 10 years ago 2016-11-26

Progress

Done 301 days

Quantity

8 seedlings

Grown in

semi-shade

Rating

not rated

Grown from

Seedling

Perennial

keeps growing year to year

Weather in wellington, new zealand New

Daily high and low
Not optimal for perpetual spinach so farFrom Nov 26 to Sep 23, 37 of 302 days averaged inside the best range of 15–25°C. The weather was too cold on 42 days (lows below 5°C).
2 °C frost lineSurvives 5–35°Grows best 15–25°
Daily rainfall
Rain
1,064 mm
Hottest day
21.7°C
Coldest night
0.4°C
Soil temperature
11.9°C
Days in its best range
37 of 302
Days
302

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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No frost reached this perpetual spinach planting

Frost was possible until 30 Sep. We have no night temperatures for this perpetual spinach planting. The perpetual spinach planting went in on 26 Nov, 90 days after the usual last frost (28 Aug).

This perpetual spinach planting against the frost season

  • Usual frost danger
  • Possible: as early or late as it has come
  • Planting, finished
Frost danger it grew through
112 days
from planting to the latest it has come, 30 Sep
Usual last frost
28 Aug
planted 90 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

Seeds saved

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Jobs

Nothing is planned here.

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Crop

Photo of perpetual spinach

Perpetual Spinach

Beta vulgaris subsp. cicla

a variety of Chard

  • 11 plantings
  • 10 harvests
  • A perennial
  • First harvest about 148 days after planting
  • Usually grown in sun

World neighbours

Other perpetual spinach plantings at the same latitude.