When to plant peas in Baton Rouge: 16 January – 26 September

In Baton Rouge, peas: sow straight into the bed from 16 January to 26 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Walmart Garden Center (garden centre, 5 km) and Clegg's Nursery (garden centre, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Baton Rouge: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (6 February); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	6 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	9 December, 327 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	31 March – 9 December
Days left for picking	253
Daylight	10:24 on 16 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, October, has 8 rainy days

Peas in Baton Rouge: care after planting

Planted on 16 January: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Baton Rouge during the peas season

About 1578 mm of rain falls in the season; October is the driest month (81 mm) and August the wettest (203 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	16.5	6.7	134	10	10:23
February	20	10.1	108	11	11:07
March	22.9	13.1	129	12	11:57
April	25.4	15.5	132	11	12:54
May	29.4	19.9	147	12	13:41
June	31.8	23.2	141	16	14:06
July	32.5	24.4	166	20	13:56
August	32.5	24.3	203	18	13:16
September	30.9	22.2	113	12	12:23
October	27.4	17.5	81	8	11:28
November	21.8	11.8	88	9	10:38
December	18.6	9.3	136	12	10:12

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Baton Rouge, New Orleans is 15 days earlier and Jackson 18 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lafayette	85 km	29 January – 23 September	13 days later
New Orleans	119 km	1 January – 2 October	15 days earlier
Gulfport	201 km	17 January – 11 September	1 day later
Jackson	227 km	3 February – 15 September	18 days later
Mobile	296 km	3 January – 2 October	13 days earlier
Shreveport	334 km	30 January – 26 September	14 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Baton Rouge

Seeds go straight into the bed from 16 January to 26 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Baton Rouge OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 1 plant nursery and 2 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Po Folks Fruits and Vegetables — market
North Lobdell Highway 1280, 70767 Port Allen · 7 km
Wholesale Palms — plant nursery
14 km
Clegg's Nursery — garden centre
Siegen Lane 5696, 70809 Baton Rouge · 13 km · cleggsnursery.com
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
College Drive 3132, 70808 Baton Rouge · Sun–Sat 07:00–20:30 · 5 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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