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When to plant peas in Rotorua: 20 August – 12 March

In Rotorua, peas: sow straight into the bed from 20 August to 12 March.

Peas in Rotorua: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (10 September); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of July.

Last spring frost10 September
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of July
First autumn frost25 May, 279 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window2 November – 25 May
Days left for picking205
Daylight10:48 on 20 August
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, January, has 12 rainy days

Peas in Rotorua: care after planting

Planted on 20 August: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Rotorua during the peas season

About 1052 mm of rain falls in the season; January is the driest month (89 mm) and September the wettest (129 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
August11.83.8971310:38
September13.65.61291511:49
October16.27.41081413:02
November199.61201514:11
December21.311.51131414:48
January22.712.3891214:31
February22.812.81041113:31
March20.310.8941112:23
April17.38.9911011:07
May14.36.41071010:05

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas earlier than Rotorua; the closest date is in Tauranga, 23 days earlier.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Tauranga51 kmfrom 28 July23 days earlier
Hamilton (New Zealand)94 km16 July – 1 April35 days earlier
Napier161 kmfrom 10 July41 days earlier
Gisborne165 kmfrom 13 June68 days earlier
Palmerston North253 km21 July – 7 April30 days earlier
Wellington372 kmfrom 27 July24 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Rotorua

Seeds go straight into the bed from 20 August to 12 March; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Rotorua OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 4 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 Rotorua?

In Rotorua, peas: sow straight into the bed from 20 August to 12 March.

When is the last spring frost in Rotorua?

Last spring frost around 10 September, first autumn frost around 26 May.

Other crops in Rotorua, with their dates