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When to plant peas in Indianapolis: 24 March – 24 August

In Indianapolis, peas: sow straight into the bed from 24 March to 24 August.

Peas in Indianapolis: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (14 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 15 February).

Last spring frost14 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C15 February, 58 days before the last frost
First autumn frost6 November, 227 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window6 June – 6 November
Days left for picking153
Daylight12:17 on 24 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

Peas in Indianapolis: care after planting

Planted on 24 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Indianapolis during the peas season

About 894 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (72 mm) and March the wettest (126 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
March12.31.71261211:54
April17.46.21171213:14
May22.912.41201414:21
June28.417.6891114:58
July29.719.81241314:44
August28.518.7881013:46
September26.215.976712:30
October19.59.7821011:12
November11.32.472910:01

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Indianapolis, Evansville is 12 days earlier and Fort Wayne 10 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Cincinnati159 km21 March – 27 August3 days earlier
Dayton168 km27 March – 27 August3 days later
Fort Wayne169 km3 April – 20 August10 days later
Louisville173 km16 March – 29 August8 days earlier
Frankfort207 km22 March – 21 August2 days earlier
Evansville233 km12 March – 28 August12 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Indianapolis

Seeds go straight into the bed from 24 March to 24 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Indianapolis OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries and 4 markets (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 Indianapolis?

In Indianapolis, peas: sow straight into the bed from 24 March to 24 August.

When is the last spring frost in Indianapolis?

Last spring frost around 14 April, first autumn frost around 6 November.

Other crops in Indianapolis, with their dates