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When to plant peas in Ballarat: 30 July – 5 April

In Ballarat, peas: sow straight into the bed from 30 July to 5 April. For seeds, the places nearby include Nutrien Ag Solutions Ballarat (farm supply, 3 km) and Hewitt & Whitty (farm supply, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Ballarat: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (20 August); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of July.

Last spring frost20 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of July
First autumn frost18 June, 324 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window12 October – 18 June
Days left for picking250
Daylight10:09 on 30 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 4 rainy days

Peas in Ballarat: care after planting

Planted on 30 July: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Ballarat during the peas season

About 728 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (24 mm) and October the wettest (88 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
July104.465159:48
August11.14.7761510:39
September13.35.9801411:49
October16.47.4881313:01
November19.49.4771214:08
December22.811.151814:44
January25.913.551714:28
February24.412.724413:29
March22.512.139612:22
April17.89.455711:08
May13.46.7611110:08
June10.44.761119:35

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Ballarat, Geelong is 50 days earlier and Albury 8 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Geelong79 kmfrom 10 June50 days earlier
Bendigo98 km25 June – 5 April35 days earlier
Melbourne101 km14 July – 11 April16 days earlier
Albury320 km7 August – 6 April8 days later
Devonport455 km2 August – 12 April3 days later
Launceston514 km7 August – 25 March8 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Ballarat

Seeds go straight into the bed from 30 July to 5 April; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Ballarat OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Each window starts on the Greenly calendar date and ends on the last day that still leaves the crop’s days to harvest (from its card) before the average first autumn frost, plus six weeks of picking for crops harvested over weeks (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, pumpkins, watermelons, beans) — our rule; earlier in the window is safer.

Questions

When to plant peas in Ballarat?

In Ballarat, peas: sow straight into the bed from 30 July to 5 April.

When is the last spring frost in Ballarat?

Last spring frost around 20 August, first autumn frost around 19 June.

Other crops in Ballarat, with their dates