When to plant peas in Manchester (United States): 1 April – 20 August

In Manchester (United States), peas: sow straight into the bed from 1 April to 20 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Giant Landscaping Materials (garden centre, 3 km) and Osborne's Agway (farm supply, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Manchester (United States): soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (22 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 18 March).

Last spring frost	22 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	18 March, 35 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	2 November, 215 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	14 June – 2 November
Days left for picking	141
Daylight	12:42 on 1 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 9 rainy days

Peas in Manchester (United States): care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Manchester (United States) during the peas season

About 807 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (80 mm) and October the wettest (121 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
April	13.3	2.8	110	13	13:22
May	20.1	9	98	12	14:38
June	25.8	14.5	94	11	15:20
July	28.9	18.1	116	13	15:04
August	27.4	17	97	11	13:58
September	23.2	13.4	91	9	12:33
October	16.6	7.7	121	10	11:06
November	8.9	0.7	80	9	9:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Manchester (United States), Boston is 13 days earlier and Montpelier 16 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Concord	25 km	1 April – 18 August	same day
Boston	77 km	19 March – 31 August	13 days earlier
Worcester (United States)	85 km	21 March – 26 August	11 days earlier
Portland, Maine	122 km	25 March – 22 August	7 days earlier
Providence	130 km	21 March – 26 August	11 days earlier
Montpelier	167 km	17 April – 4 August	16 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Manchester (United States)

Seeds go straight into the bed from 1 April to 20 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Manchester (United States) OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop and 8 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

LaValley Farms — farm shop
12 km
Fluffy Butt Stand — farm shop
8 km
Osborne's Agway — farm supply
Cinemagic Way 16, 03106 Hooksett · Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–17:00; Sun 09:00–16:00 · 6 km · osbornesagway.com
Giant Landscaping Materials — garden centre
Hanover Street 1071, 03104 Manchester · 3 km · giantlandscaping.net

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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