Best time to plant pea in Melbourne
Pisum sativum
Sow pea in Melbourne in Jan to Oct.
Peas are the seeds, and sometimes the pods, of an annual flowering plant from the Mediterranean and south-west Asia. Served as a vegetable, the seeds sit inside a pod, which is botanically a fruit. Mature seeds may have yellow or green cotyledons.
When to sow in Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC is in the cool zone. Its months for pea apply here without a frost adjustment.
Not yet checked against a local guide.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Melbourne
Frost usually arrives in Melbourne around mid June and finishes by late August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late May or as late as late September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From the average of its 2 Bureau of Meteorology stations, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 2.5cm
- Plant spacing
- 8cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 60cm
- Germination
- About 12 days
- Time to harvest
- 65 days from sowing
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.