When to plant peas in Worcester (United States): 21 March – 26 August

In Worcester (United States), peas: sow straight into the bed from 21 March to 26 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Marston Greenhouses (garden centre, 10 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Worcester (United States): soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (11 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 4 March).

Last spring frost	11 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	4 March, 38 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	8 November, 232 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	3 June – 8 November
Days left for picking	158
Daylight	12:10 on 21 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 8 rainy days

Peas in Worcester (United States): care after planting

Planted on 21 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Worcester (United States) during the peas season

About 934 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (81 mm) and July the wettest (130 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	8.3	-1.7	107	11	11:53
April	13.8	3.5	113	13	13:20
May	19.9	9.4	101	13	14:34
June	25.5	14.9	88	12	15:15
July	28.6	18.6	130	14	14:59
August	27.4	17.7	85	11	13:56
September	23.1	14.2	115	10	12:32
October	17	8.6	114	10	11:07
November	9.9	1.8	81	8	9:49

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Worcester (United States), New Haven is 5 days earlier and Manchester (United States) 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Providence	60 km	21 March – 26 August	same day
Boston	62 km	19 March – 31 August	2 days earlier
Manchester (United States)	85 km	1 April – 20 August	11 days later
Hartford	93 km	23 March – 26 August	2 days later
Concord	107 km	1 April – 18 August	11 days later
New Haven	141 km	16 March – 30 August	5 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Worcester (United States)

Seeds go straight into the bed from 21 March to 26 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Worcester (United States) OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 5 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Marston Greenhouses — garden centre
Broad Street 275 · 10 km
Holden Farmer's Market — market
Main Street 1174, 01520 Holden · May–Oct Tue 15:00–18:30 · 10 km
Uncle Sam Market — market
Pleasant Street 145, Worcester · 1 km
Cebao Market — market
Main Street 805, Worcester · 2 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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