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When to plant peas in Des Moines: 29 March – 14 August

In Des Moines, peas: sow straight into the bed from 29 March to 14 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Plant Junction (garden centre, 9 km) and Vic Scott Landscaping and Nursery Center (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Des Moines: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (19 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 9 March).

Last spring frost19 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C9 March, 41 days before the last frost
First autumn frost27 October, 212 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window11 June – 27 October
Days left for picking138
Daylight12:32 on 29 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, March, has 10 rainy days

Peas in Des Moines: care after planting

Planted on 29 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Des Moines during the peas season

About 771 mm of rain falls in the season; March is the driest month (80 mm) and May the wettest (125 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
March11.20.4801011:53
April16.65.2881113:19
May22.611.81251314:31
June2918.31221115:10
July3020921014:55
August28.918.9861013:53
September26.416.184812:31
October18.58.694911:09

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Des Moines, Kansas City is 12 days earlier and Sioux Falls 5 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Cedar Rapids165 km1 April – 12 August3 days later
Omaha198 km26 March – 13 August3 days earlier
Davenport250 km30 March – 17 August1 day later
Lincoln271 km26 March – 15 August3 days earlier
Kansas City290 km17 March – 19 August12 days earlier
Sioux Falls334 km3 April – 8 August5 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Des Moines

Seeds go straight into the bed from 29 March to 14 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Des Moines OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres (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 Des Moines?

In Des Moines, peas: sow straight into the bed from 29 March to 14 August.

When is the last spring frost in Des Moines?

Last spring frost around 19 April, first autumn frost around 27 October.

Other crops in Des Moines, with their dates