Best time to plant pea in Dubbo
Pisum sativum
Sow pea in Dubbo in Mar to Jul.
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 Dubbo
Dubbo, NSW is in the arid 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 Dubbo
Frost usually arrives in Dubbo around mid May and finishes by early October. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late April or as late as late October, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 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.