When to plant peas in Invercargill: 21 July – 25 March

In Invercargill, peas: sow straight into the bed from 21 July to 25 March.

Peas in Invercargill: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (11 August); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of July.

Last spring frost	11 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of July
First autumn frost	7 June, 322 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 October – 7 June
Days left for picking	248
Daylight	9:06 on 21 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 15 rainy days

Peas in Invercargill: care after planting

Planted on 21 July: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Invercargill during the peas season

About 1303 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (82 mm) and October the wettest (133 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	10	5	95	15	8:55
August	11.2	5.2	82	15	10:08
September	12.5	6.4	130	18	11:43
October	14	7.8	133	19	13:21
November	15.9	9.4	116	16	14:55
December	17.4	10.9	115	18	15:46
January	18.4	11.8	115	16	15:24
February	18.4	11.9	105	14	14:00
March	17.2	10.8	97	15	12:29
April	15	9.6	111	16	10:48
May	12.9	7.7	111	17	9:23
June	10.5	5.1	93	14	8:37

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Invercargill, Nelson is 7 days earlier and Dunedin 76 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Queenstown	154 km	23 September – 6 March	64 days later
Dunedin	176 km	5 October – 8 March	76 days later
Timaru	318 km	1 September – 21 March	42 days later
Christchurch	464 km	20 July – 22 March	1 day earlier
Nelson	694 km	14 July – 7 April	7 days earlier
Blenheim	705 km	20 July – 17 March	1 day earlier

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.

When to plant peas in Invercargill: 21 July – 25 March

Peas in Invercargill: soil, season and weather

Peas in Invercargill: care after planting

Weather in Invercargill during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Questions

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