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When to plant peas in Dunedin: 5 October – 8 March

In Dunedin, peas: sow straight into the bed from 5 October to 8 March. For seeds, the places nearby include Wal's Plant Land (garden centre, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Dunedin: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (26 October); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of July.

Last spring frost26 October
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of July
First autumn frost21 May, 229 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window18 December – 21 May
Days left for picking155
Daylight12:48 on 5 October
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 11 rainy days

Peas in Dunedin: care after planting

Planted on 5 October: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Dunedin during the peas season

About 760 mm of rain falls in the season; May is the driest month (61 mm) and December the wettest (134 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
October14.25.41101613:20
November16.37.31091614:52
December17.58.91342015:42
January18.610.11131515:20
February18.910871313:58
March17.58.9721312:28
April14.86.7741110:49
May12.34.661119:26

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas earlier than Dunedin; the closest date is in Queenstown, 12 days earlier.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Queenstown171 km23 September – 6 March12 days earlier
Timaru175 km1 September – 21 March34 days earlier
Invercargill176 km21 July – 25 March76 days earlier
Christchurch310 km20 July – 22 March77 days earlier
Nelson558 km14 July – 7 April83 days earlier
Blenheim559 km20 July – 17 March77 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Dunedin

Seeds go straight into the bed from 5 October to 8 March; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Dunedin OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 1 market (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 Dunedin?

In Dunedin, peas: sow straight into the bed from 5 October to 8 March.

When is the last spring frost in Dunedin?

Last spring frost around 26 October, first autumn frost around 22 May.

Other crops in Dunedin, with their dates