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When to plant peas in Nelson: 14 July – 7 April

In Nelson, peas: sow straight into the bed from 14 July to 7 April. For seeds, the places nearby include The Eyebright Wool Shop (farm supply, 12 km) and Enhance with Plants (garden centre, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Nelson: soil, season and weather

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

Last spring frost4 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of July
First autumn frost20 June, 342 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window26 September – 20 June
Days left for picking268
Daylight9:26 on 14 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, January, has 9 rainy days

Peas in Nelson: care after planting

Planted on 14 July: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Nelson during the peas season

About 1252 mm of rain falls in the season; January is the driest month (84 mm) and July the wettest (137 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
July12.65.5137109:28
August13.35.51071110:27
September156.9931311:47
October178.91061213:09
November19.211.11091314:26
December21.413.21011115:08
January22.814.484914:49
February22.314.194713:41
March20.712.688912:25
April1810.296911:00
May15.68.3127109:51
June13.46.2110119:13

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Nelson, Napier is 4 days earlier and Timaru 49 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Blenheim63 km20 July – 17 March6 days later
Wellington125 kmfrom 27 July13 days later
Palmerston North221 km21 July – 7 April7 days later
Christchurch257 km20 July – 22 March6 days later
Napier366 kmfrom 10 July4 days earlier
Timaru384 km1 September – 21 March49 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Nelson

Seeds go straight into the bed from 14 July to 7 April; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Nelson OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery and 2 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 Nelson?

In Nelson, peas: sow straight into the bed from 14 July to 7 April.

When is the last spring frost in Nelson?

Last spring frost around 4 August, first autumn frost around 21 June.

Other crops in Nelson, with their dates