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When to plant peas in Madison: 6 April – 14 August

In Madison, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 April to 14 August. For seeds, the places nearby include The Madison Greenhouse Store (garden centre, 4 km) and Klein's Floral and Greenhouses (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Madison: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (27 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 14 March).

Last spring frost27 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C14 March, 44 days before the last frost
First autumn frost27 October, 204 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window19 June – 27 October
Days left for picking130
Daylight12:57 on 6 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 10 rainy days

Peas in Madison: care after planting

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

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Madison during the peas season

About 661 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (79 mm) and June the wettest (107 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
April13.73961213:23
May20.69.91051214:39
June26.516.21071215:21
July27.918.4991115:04
August26.717.3791013:59
September23.614.390812:33
October167.4851011:06

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Madison, Chicago is 9 days earlier and Green Bay 2 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Rockford94 km5 April – 15 August1 day earlier
Milwaukee121 km6 April – 19 Augustsame day
Davenport195 km30 March – 17 August7 days earlier
Green Bay196 km8 April – 17 August2 days later
Chicago196 km28 March – 24 August9 days earlier
Cedar Rapids224 km1 April – 12 August5 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Madison

Seeds go straight into the bed from 6 April to 14 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Madison OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 19 markets and 1 farm shop (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 Madison?

In Madison, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 April to 14 August.

When is the last spring frost in Madison?

Last spring frost around 27 April, first autumn frost around 27 October.

Other crops in Madison, with their dates