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When to plant peas in Medford: 9 April – 7 August

In Medford, peas: sow straight into the bed from 9 April to 7 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Grange Co-op (garden centre, 3 km) and Walmart Garden Center (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Medford: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (30 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 22 January).

Last spring frost30 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C22 January, 98 days before the last frost
First autumn frost20 October, 194 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window22 June – 20 October
Days left for picking120
Daylight13:04 on 9 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 1 rainy day

Peas in Medford: care after planting

Planted on 9 April: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Medford during the peas season

About 285 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (3 mm) and April the wettest (80 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
April16.12.1801113:21
May20.55.658814:35
June25.69.228415:16
July31.112.83115:00
August31.213.17213:56
September26.29.638512:32
October18.94.871811:07

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas earlier than Medford; the closest date is in Reno, 14 days earlier.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Eugene190 km25 March – 16 August15 days earlier
Redding201 km25 January – 28 September74 days earlier
Salem287 km6 March – 4 September34 days earlier
Portland352 km5 March – 9 September35 days earlier
Reno407 km26 March – 15 August14 days earlier
Sacramento436 km28 January – 28 September71 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Medford

Seeds go straight into the bed from 9 April to 7 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Medford OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 3 markets and 10 farm shops (collected 29 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 Medford?

In Medford, peas: sow straight into the bed from 9 April to 7 August.

When is the last spring frost in Medford?

Last spring frost around 30 April, first autumn frost around 20 October.

Other crops in Medford, with their dates