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When to plant peas in Rochester: 30 March – 30 August

In Rochester, peas: sow straight into the bed from 30 March to 30 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Herman's Farm Market & Cider Mill (farm shop, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Rochester: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (20 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 7 March).

Last spring frost20 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C7 March, 44 days before the last frost
First autumn frost12 November, 227 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window12 June – 12 November
Days left for picking153
Daylight12:37 on 30 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, March, has 13 rainy days

Peas in Rochester: care after planting

Planted on 30 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Rochester during the peas season

About 824 mm of rain falls in the season; March is the driest month (76 mm) and October the wettest (123 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
March7.2-1.1761311:52
April12.33.71011413:23
May18.39.8891314:39
June2415.6791115:22
July27.219.2981215:05
August26.218.6921313:59
September23.215.3761012:33
October16.99.81231411:06
November9.42.990149:44

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Rochester, Erie is 10 days earlier and Syracuse (United States) 8 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Buffalo106 km3 April – 28 August4 days later
Syracuse (United States)121 km7 April – 24 August8 days later
Ithaca121 km7 April – 26 August8 days later
Toronto153 km5 April – 17 August6 days later
Hamilton181 km29 March – 25 August1 day earlier
Erie231 km20 March – 6 September10 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Rochester

Seeds go straight into the bed from 30 March to 30 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Rochester OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 7 markets and 2 farm shops (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 Rochester?

In Rochester, peas: sow straight into the bed from 30 March to 30 August.

When is the last spring frost in Rochester?

Last spring frost around 20 April, first autumn frost around 12 November.

Other crops in Rochester, with their dates