One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of figuring out when to plant field peas is to look at the USDA zone info for Santa Fe.

Planting Calendar for Field Peas

Frost tolerance for field peas:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

Field Peas do well in moderate cold which means that you can plant them earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant field peas in Santa Fe is January. However, you really should wait until February if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant field peas and expect a good harvest is probably October. If you wait any later than that and your field peas may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your field peas indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Santa Fe. You can expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Santa Fe is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Santa Fe last frost occurs after February 15 be ready to cover your field peas if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Santa Fe

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in Santa Fe

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Santa Fe.