When to plant peas in Santa Fe (United States): 30 March – 13 August

In Santa Fe (United States), peas: sow straight into the bed from 30 March to 13 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Payne’s South Store (plant nursery, 4 km) and Payne's Nurseries South (plant nursery, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Santa Fe (United States): 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 3 March).

Last spring frost	20 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	3 March, 48 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	26 October, 210 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	12 June – 26 October
Days left for picking	136
Daylight	12:29 on 30 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 4 rainy days

Peas in Santa Fe (United States): 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 Santa Fe (United States) during the peas season

About 238 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (20 mm) and July the wettest (35 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	12.4	0	27	7	11:55
April	17.8	3.9	20	4	13:05
May	22.3	8.6	30	6	14:02
June	28.2	14.4	29	6	14:34
July	29.3	16.4	35	8	14:21
August	27.7	15.5	32	7	13:32
September	24.7	12.1	34	6	12:26
October	18.1	6.2	31	5	11:20

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Santa Fe (United States), Las Cruces is 51 days earlier and Colorado Springs 13 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Albuquerque	94 km	15 March – 27 August	15 days earlier
Pueblo	309 km	31 March – 15 August	1 day later
Colorado Springs	363 km	12 April – 2 August	13 days later
Las Cruces	384 km	7 February – 11 September	51 days earlier
El Paso	440 km	7 February – 22 September	51 days earlier
Grand Junction	444 km	28 March – 14 August	2 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Santa Fe (United States)

Seeds go straight into the bed from 30 March to 13 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Santa Fe (United States) OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 4 plant nurseries and 3 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Santa Fe Artists Market — market
Paseo de Peralta 1607, 87501 Santa Fe · Mar–Dec Sat 08:00–14:00 · 1 km · santafeartistsmarket.com
Santa Fe Farmers Market — market
Paseo de Peralta 1607, 87501 Santa Fe · Jun–Sept Sat 07:00–13:00; Oct–May Sat 08:00–13:00; May–Nov Tue 07:00–13:00; Jul–Sept Wed 15:00–18:00 · 1 km · santafefarmersmarket.com
Payne’s South Store — plant nursery
Saint Michaels Drive 715, 87505 Santa Fe · 4 km
Payne's Nurseries South — plant nursery
Saint Michaels Drive 715 · 4 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.

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