When to plant peas in Bariloche

In Bariloche, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 December. The frost-free season here is shorter than the 74 days the crop needs from planting to harvest (by its card): grow it in a greenhouse or choose an early variety.

Peas in Bariloche: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (27 December); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 23 November).

Last spring frost	27 December
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	23 November, 34 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	11 January, 36 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
Days left for picking	-38
Daylight	15:00 on 6 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, January, has 5 rainy days

Peas in Bariloche: care after planting

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

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Bariloche during the peas season

About 73 mm of rain falls in the season; January is the driest month (35 mm) and December the wettest (38 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
December	15.1	3	38	7	15:07
January	17.8	4.7	35	5	14:48

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas earlier than Bariloche; the closest date is in Osorno, 103 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Puerto Montt	141 km	1 August – 23 March	127 days earlier
Osorno	166 km	25 August – 19 March	103 days earlier
Valdivia	222 km	23 July – 31 March	136 days earlier
Temuco	290 km	15 August – 9 March	113 days earlier
Neuquén	369 km	4 August – 26 March	124 days earlier
Los Ángeles	419 km	4 August – 18 March	124 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Bariloche

Seeds go straight into the bed from 6 December; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Bariloche OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 5 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivero Los Maitenes — garden centre
4 km · viverolosmaitenes.com.ar
Vivero La Araucaria — garden centre
7 km
Flores del Manantial — garden centre
8 km
Vivero La Araucaria — garden centre
11 km

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