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When to plant peas in Palmerston North: 21 July – 7 April

In Palmerston North, peas: sow straight into the bed from 21 July to 7 April. For seeds, the places nearby include Innerwell Nursery (garden centre, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Palmerston North: 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 frost11 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of July
First autumn frost20 June, 335 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window3 October – 20 June
Days left for picking261
Daylight9:41 on 21 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, January, has 10 rainy days

Peas in Palmerston North: 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 Palmerston North during the peas season

About 1178 mm of rain falls in the season; January is the driest month (80 mm) and December the wettest (124 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
July13.36.2113159:33
August13.76.11101510:30
September15.181011511:47
October16.99.51031613:07
November19.411.4961414:21
December21.413.31241415:02
January22.914.4801014:44
February23.314.280813:38
March21.112.6811012:24
April18.710.7961111:02
May16.28.8105139:55
June147.289129:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Palmerston North, Gisborne is 38 days earlier and Rotorua 30 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Wellington125 kmfrom 27 July6 days later
Napier147 kmfrom 10 July11 days earlier
Blenheim189 km20 July – 17 March1 day earlier
Nelson221 km14 July – 7 April7 days earlier
Rotorua253 km20 August – 12 March30 days later
Gisborne280 kmfrom 13 June38 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Palmerston North

Seeds go straight into the bed from 21 July to 7 April; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Palmerston North OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery and 1 market (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 Palmerston North?

In Palmerston North, peas: sow straight into the bed from 21 July to 7 April.

When is the last spring frost in Palmerston North?

Last spring frost around 11 August, first autumn frost around 21 June.

Other crops in Palmerston North, with their dates