Plant Growth and Nutritional Quality Attributes of Basella alba Applied with Variable Rates of Nitrogen Fertilizer at Different Planting Dates under Canadian Maritime Climatic Conditions

Table 2

Mean air temperature, day length, number of rainfall days, and rainfall amount throughout the planting season in summer 2018 [21].

		Air temperatures (°C)		Mean day		Total
Planting date	Maximum	Minimum	Mean	Length (hr day^−1)	Rainfall days	Rainfall (mm)
Jun 15–Jun 30	28.4	4.6	14.6	15.32	5	122.2
Jul 1–Jul 15	32.9	7.6	19	15.22	2	15.8
Jul 16–Jul 31	30.5	11.7	21.8	15.14	5	31.6
Aug 1–Aug 15	32.7	9	21.8	14.21	5	31.1
Aug 16–Aug 31	29.2	7.7	18.4	13.41	5	33.7
Sept 1–Sept 18	27.7	1.6	16	12.59	3	46.1