When to plant peas in Tauranga: from 28 July

In Tauranga, peas: sow straight into the bed from 28 July. There is no autumn frost here, so the frost dates set no end to the window. For seeds, the places nearby include Pacifica Home & Garden Store (garden centre, 11 km) and Gardenscape Landscape Supplies (garden centre, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Tauranga: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (18 August); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of July.

Last spring frost	18 August
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of July
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	from 10 October
Daylight	10:05 on 28 July
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 13 rainy days

Peas in Tauranga: care after planting

Planted on 28 July: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Tauranga during the peas season

About 874 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (125 mm) and July the wettest (171 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
July	13.7	6.9	171	13	9:47
August	14.1	6.7	125	13	10:39
September	15.6	8.2	147	15	11:49
October	17.7	10	134	14	13:01
November	20	12.1	155	15	14:09
December	22.1	14	142	16	14:45

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Tauranga, Gisborne is 45 days earlier and Rotorua 23 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Rotorua	51 km	20 August – 12 March	23 days later
Hamilton (New Zealand)	79 km	16 July – 1 April	12 days earlier
Gisborne	194 km	from 13 June	45 days earlier
Napier	210 km	from 10 July	18 days earlier
Palmerston North	301 km	21 July – 7 April	7 days earlier
Wellington	418 km	from 27 July	1 day earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Tauranga

Seeds go straight into the bed from 28 July; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Tauranga OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Waipu Gardens Landscape Nursery — garden centre
2 km
Decor Garden World — garden centre
5 km
Gardenscape Landscape Supplies — garden centre
Ashley Place 1, 3118 Tauranga · Mon–Fri 07:30–16:30; Sat 08:00–15:00; Sun 09:00–13:00 · 13 km · gardenscape.co.nz
Pacifica Home & Garden Store — garden centre
Tara Road 112, 3187 Tauranga · 11 km · pacificapapamoa.com

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