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When to plant peas in Rockford: 5 April – 15 August

In Rockford, peas: sow straight into the bed from 5 April to 15 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Landscape Connection (garden centre, 7 km) and Platt Hill Nursery (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Rockford: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (26 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 11 March).

Last spring frost26 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C11 March, 46 days before the last frost
First autumn frost28 October, 206 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window18 June – 28 October
Days left for picking132
Daylight12:53 on 5 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

Peas in Rockford: care after planting

Planted on 5 April: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Rockford during the peas season

About 672 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (82 mm) and May the wettest (109 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
April14.53.61001313:20
May21.310.21091414:34
June27.316.41001215:15
July28.418.51051214:59
August27.517.5821113:55
September24.714.783912:32
October17.17.9931011:07

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Rockford, Chicago is 8 days earlier and Madison 1 day later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Madison94 km6 April – 14 August1 day later
Chicago125 km28 March – 24 August8 days earlier
Milwaukee128 km6 April – 19 August1 day later
Davenport149 km30 March – 17 August6 days earlier
Peoria180 km29 March – 18 August7 days earlier
Cedar Rapids219 km1 April – 12 August4 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Rockford

Seeds go straight into the bed from 5 April to 15 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Rockford OpenStreetMap lists 10 garden centres (collected 28 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 Rockford?

In Rockford, peas: sow straight into the bed from 5 April to 15 August.

When is the last spring frost in Rockford?

Last spring frost around 26 April, first autumn frost around 28 October.

Other crops in Rockford, with their dates