When to plant peas in Talca: 31 July – 30 March

In Talca, peas: sow straight into the bed from 31 July to 30 March. For seeds, the places nearby include Huevos Avícola la Madrina (farm shop, 2 km) and Vivero Oasis (plant nursery, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Talca: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (21 August); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of July.

Last spring frost	21 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of July
First autumn frost	12 June, 317 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	13 October – 12 June
Days left for picking	243
Daylight	10:20 on 31 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 1 rainy day

Peas in Talca: care after planting

Planted on 31 July: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Talca during the peas season

About 636 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (4 mm) and June the wettest (156 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	12.5	3.3	99	9	9:58
August	14.1	4.2	106	8	10:46
September	16.7	5.5	61	7	11:50
October	20.3	7.3	28	5	12:57
November	25.1	10.2	17	2	13:59
December	28.7	12.8	5	1	14:32
January	30.5	14.4	11	1	14:17
February	30	14.3	4	1	13:23
March	26.9	12	7	1	12:21
April	20.7	8.8	47	5	11:13
May	15.3	6.2	95	8	10:17
June	12.7	4.5	156	11	9:47

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Talca, Concepción is 33 days earlier and Chillán 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Curicó	61 km	4 August – 24 March	4 days later
Chillán	138 km	9 August – 29 March	9 days later
Rancagua	162 km	28 July – 29 March	3 days earlier
Concepción	201 km	28 June – 30 March	33 days earlier
Los Ángeles	236 km	4 August – 18 March	4 days later
Santiago	237 km	19 July – 4 April	12 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Talca

Seeds go straight into the bed from 31 July to 30 March; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Talca OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

El Buen Amigo — market
Avenida San Miguel, Huilquilemu · 8 km
Vivero Oasis — plant nursery
Cruce Avenida Circunvalación Río Claro (Talca) - Curepto - Cruce K-16 (Monte Grande), Talca · 9 km
Huevos Avícola la Madrina — farm shop · sells: eggs
Calle 2 Norte, Talca · Mon–Fri 12:30–18:30 · 2 km
Jardin Aleman — garden centre
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.

When to plant peas in Talca: 31 July – 30 March

Peas in Talca: soil, season and weather

Peas in Talca: care after planting

Weather in Talca during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Talca

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