When to plant peas in Topeka: 19 March – 16 August

In Topeka, peas: sow straight into the bed from 19 March to 16 August. For seeds, the places nearby include LDI - Topeka (farm supply, 7 km) and Lang Diesel, Inc. (farm supply, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Topeka: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (9 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 16 February).

Last spring frost	9 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	16 February, 52 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	29 October, 224 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	1 June – 29 October
Days left for picking	150
Daylight	12:04 on 19 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, October, has 8 rainy days

Peas in Topeka: care after planting

Planted on 19 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Topeka during the peas season

About 820 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (73 mm) and May the wettest (168 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	15.3	3.5	76	8	11:54
April	20	7.9	105	10	13:12
May	24.5	13.8	168	14	14:18
June	30.8	20.1	93	10	14:54
July	31.8	21.8	122	10	14:39
August	30.7	20.7	100	10	13:43
September	28	17.8	83	8	12:29
October	20.9	10.4	73	8	11:14

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Topeka, Joplin is 10 days earlier and Grand Island 10 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Kansas City	97 km	17 March – 19 August	2 days earlier
Wichita	207 km	13 March – 17 August	6 days earlier
Lincoln	215 km	26 March – 15 August	7 days later
Joplin	241 km	9 March – 19 August	10 days earlier
Omaha	249 km	26 March – 13 August	7 days later
Grand Island	309 km	29 March – 14 August	10 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Topeka

Seeds go straight into the bed from 19 March to 16 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Topeka OpenStreetMap lists 2 farm-supply shops, 4 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

LDI - Topeka — farm supply
Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00; Sat 08:00–12:00 · 7 km · ldi.us
Lang Diesel, Inc. — farm supply
Northwest US 24 Highway 1200, 66608 Topeka · 7 km · langdieselinc.com
Breadbasket Farmers Market — market
Southwest Wanamaker Road 1901, 66614 Topeka · Apr Sat[1]–Nov Sat[3] Sat 07:30–13:00 · 6 km · breadbasketfarmersmarket.com
Downtown Topeka Farmers Market — market
Apr Sat[1]–Nov Sat[2] Sat 07:30–12:00 · 3 km · topekafarmersmarket.com

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 Topeka: 19 March – 16 August

Peas in Topeka: soil, season and weather

Peas in Topeka: care after planting

Weather in Topeka during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Topeka

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