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When to plant peas in Bloemfontein: 27 July – 21 March

In Bloemfontein, peas: sow straight into the bed from 27 July to 21 March.

Peas in Bloemfontein: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (17 August); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of July.

Last spring frost17 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of July
First autumn frost3 June, 312 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window9 October – 3 June
Days left for picking238
Daylight10:38 on 27 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, June, has 1 rainy day

Peas in Bloemfontein: care after planting

Planted on 27 July: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Bloemfontein during the peas season

About 480 mm of rain falls in the season; June is the driest month (9 mm) and April the wettest (75 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
July17.11.410110:27
August20.23.511211:03
September258.114311:54
October27.31134512:46
November28.613.257713:34
December29.715.4631013:59
January29.816.574913:48
February28.615.965913:06
March27.313.949812:18
April22.89.875811:24
May20.15.619310:41
June17.22.19110:17

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas earlier than Bloemfontein; the closest date is in Lages, 3 days earlier.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Johannesburg372 km14 July – 22 March13 days earlier
Pretoria423 kmfrom 2 July25 days earlier
Lages7,337 km24 July – 10 April3 days earlier
Curitiba7,339 kmfrom 28 June29 days earlier
Caxias do Sul7,360 km22 June – 3 April35 days earlier
Ponta Grossa7,436 km28 June – 11 April29 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Bloemfontein

Seeds go straight into the bed from 27 July to 21 March; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Bloemfontein OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop and 3 markets (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 Bloemfontein?

In Bloemfontein, peas: sow straight into the bed from 27 July to 21 March.

When is the last spring frost in Bloemfontein?

Last spring frost around 17 August, first autumn frost around 4 June.

Other crops in Bloemfontein, with their dates