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When to plant peas in Grand Rapids: 7 April – 21 August

In Grand Rapids, peas: sow straight into the bed from 7 April to 21 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Alpine Farm & Garden (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Grand Rapids: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (28 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 12 March).

Last spring frost28 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C12 March, 47 days before the last frost
First autumn frost3 November, 210 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window20 June – 3 November
Days left for picking136
Daylight13:00 on 7 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 10 rainy days

Peas in Grand Rapids: care after planting

Planted on 7 April: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Grand Rapids during the peas season

About 716 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (64 mm) and October the wettest (109 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
April13.53911313:22
May20.89.41001214:38
June26.515.41041115:20
July28.217.9811115:04
August27.317.1981013:58
September23.914.269912:33
October16.381091311:06
November8.21.364109:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Grand Rapids, Chicago is 10 days earlier and Traverse City 4 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Lansing95 km7 April – 20 Augustsame day
Ann Arbor174 km7 April – 23 Augustsame day
Milwaukee182 km6 April – 19 August1 day earlier
Chicago201 km28 March – 24 August10 days earlier
Traverse City201 km11 April – 27 August4 days later
Fort Wayne214 km3 April – 20 August4 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Grand Rapids

Seeds go straight into the bed from 7 April to 21 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Grand Rapids OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 7 markets and 9 farm shops (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 Grand Rapids?

In Grand Rapids, peas: sow straight into the bed from 7 April to 21 August.

When is the last spring frost in Grand Rapids?

Last spring frost around 28 April, first autumn frost around 3 November.

Other crops in Grand Rapids, with their dates