Best time to plant snow pea in Scone
Pisum sativum var. saccharatum
Also called mangetout, Chinese pea
Sow snow pea in Scone in Feb to Sep.
Flat, thin-walled pods set snow peas apart from the rounder, thicker snap pea. You eat the whole thing, pod and small seeds together, before it ripens. Despite the name, it is not planted any earlier than other peas, and Western Chinese restaurants use it often.
When to sow in Scone
Scone, NSW is in the temperate zone. Its months for snow 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 Scone
Frost usually arrives in Scone around mid May and finishes by late September. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late April or as late as mid 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
- 20mm
- Plant spacing
- 20cm
- Row spacing
- 30cm
- Height
- 70cm
- Germination
- Best at about 22°C
- Time to harvest
- 70-77 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.