When to plant peas in Hamilton (New Zealand): 16 July – 1 April

In Hamilton (New Zealand), peas: sow straight into the bed from 16 July to 1 April. For seeds, the places nearby include The Plant Place (garden centre, 3 km) and Palmers (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Hamilton (New Zealand): soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (6 August); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of July.

Last spring frost	6 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of July
First autumn frost	14 June, 334 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 September – 14 June
Days left for picking	260
Daylight	9:48 on 16 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, March, has 9 rainy days

Peas in Hamilton (New Zealand): care after planting

Planted on 16 July: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Hamilton (New Zealand) during the peas season

About 1297 mm of rain falls in the season; March is the driest month (80 mm) and July the wettest (132 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	14.2	6.8	132	14	9:47
August	14.7	6.6	118	14	10:39
September	16.1	8.5	120	15	11:49
October	17.9	10.1	114	14	13:01
November	20.6	12	129	15	14:09
December	22.7	13.9	113	13	14:45
January	24.2	15.2	90	10	14:29
February	24.8	15.4	86	9	13:30
March	22.6	13.6	80	9	12:22
April	20	11.6	103	10	11:08
May	17.2	9.2	102	12	10:07
June	15.1	7.7	110	12	9:34

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Hamilton (New Zealand), Gisborne is 33 days earlier and Rotorua 35 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tauranga	79 km	from 28 July	12 days later
Rotorua	94 km	20 August – 12 March	35 days later
Napier	237 km	from 10 July	6 days earlier
Gisborne	259 km	from 13 June	33 days earlier
Palmerston North	288 km	21 July – 7 April	5 days later
Wellington	393 km	from 27 July	11 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Hamilton (New Zealand)

Seeds go straight into the bed from 16 July to 1 April; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Hamilton (New Zealand) OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 2 plant nurseries, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Palmers — garden centre
Mon–Sun 08:30–17:00 · 6 km · palmersplanet.co.nz
The Plant Place — garden centre
Alison Street 78 · 3 km
John's Nursery — garden centre
Parallel Road 889, 3881 Ōhaupō · 15 km
Made Hamilton — market
Grey Street 401, 3216 Hamilton · Mon–Wed 07:00–20:30; Thu–Fri 07:00–21:30; Sat–Sun 07:00–21:30 · 2 km

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.

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