When to plant peas in Rancagua: 28 July – 29 March

In Rancagua, peas: sow straight into the bed from 28 July to 29 March. For seeds, the places nearby include Jardín Rosal de Las Mercedes (garden centre, 11 km) and Vivero Karü (garden centre, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Rancagua: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (18 August); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of July.

Last spring frost	18 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of July
First autumn frost	11 June, 319 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	10 October – 11 June
Days left for picking	245
Daylight	10:20 on 28 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, December, has 1 rainy day

Peas in Rancagua: care after planting

Planted on 28 July: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Rancagua during the peas season

About 645 mm of rain falls in the season; December is the driest month (5 mm) and June the wettest (149 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	13.6	4.3	91	6	10:04
August	15.2	5.3	110	8	10:50
September	17.6	6.7	61	7	11:51
October	20.9	8.6	43	5	12:54
November	25.1	10.8	27	3	13:53
December	28.2	12.9	5	1	14:25
January	29.6	14.5	10	1	14:11
February	29.5	14.6	9	2	13:19
March	27.1	12.6	8	1	12:20
April	21.4	9.9	61	4	11:15
May	16.7	7.4	71	8	10:22
June	13.9	5.1	149	9	9:53

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Rancagua, Valparaíso is 12 days earlier and Curicó 7 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Santiago	80 km	19 July – 4 April	9 days earlier
Curicó	102 km	4 August – 24 March	7 days later
Valparaíso	149 km	from 16 July	12 days earlier
Talca	162 km	31 July – 30 March	3 days later
San Rafael	226 km	2 August – 22 March	5 days later
Mendoza	227 km	20 July – 3 April	8 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Rancagua

Seeds go straight into the bed from 28 July to 29 March; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Rancagua OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Vivero Karü — garden centre
Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat, Sun 09:00–18:00; public holidays closed · 11 km · viverohappygreen.cl
Jardín Rosal de Las Mercedes — garden centre
Manuel Cavieres 21 · 11 km · jardinrosaldelasmercedes.cl
Jardín Las Palmeras — garden centre
Pablo Rubio 299 · 15 km
Ce Ele! — market
Avenida Einstein 859 · Mon–Sun 11:00–00:00 · 2 km

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.

When to plant peas in Rancagua: 28 July – 29 March

Peas in Rancagua: soil, season and weather

Peas in Rancagua: care after planting

Weather in Rancagua during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Rancagua

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