When to plant peas in Gisborne: from 13 June

In Gisborne, peas: sow straight into the bed from 13 June. There is no autumn frost here, so the frost dates set no end to the window.

Peas in Gisborne: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost and could go in three weeks before the last frost (4 July), but the top 7 cm of soil reaches its minimum of 4 °C only around 7 July, 24 days after that.

Last spring frost	4 July
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of July
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	from 26 August
Daylight	9:29 on 13 June
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

Peas in Gisborne: care after planting

Planted on 13 June: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Gisborne during the peas season

About 596 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (68 mm) and June the wettest (129 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
June	15.3	8.3	129	12	9:29
July	14.5	6.9	113	12	9:42
August	15.2	6.9	68	11	10:36
September	17.2	8.5	112	12	11:48
October	19.5	10.4	78	11	13:03
November	21.8	12.9	96	12	14:13

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas later than Gisborne; the closest date is in Napier, 27 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Napier	133 km	from 10 July	27 days later
Rotorua	165 km	20 August – 12 March	68 days later
Tauranga	194 km	from 28 July	45 days later
Hamilton (New Zealand)	259 km	16 July – 1 April	33 days later
Palmerston North	280 km	21 July – 7 April	38 days later
Wellington	402 km	from 27 July	44 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Gisborne

Seeds go straight into the bed from 13 June; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Gisborne OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Touchstone — garden centre
1 km
Farmlands Gisborne — farm shop
1 km

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