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When to plant peas in Besançon: 22 March – 5 September

In Besançon, peas: sow straight into the bed from 22 March to 5 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Duboz Horticulture (garden centre, 4 km) and Jardiland (garden centre, 4 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Besançon: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (12 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 8 January).

Last spring frost12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C8 January, 94 days before the last frost
First autumn frost18 November, 241 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window4 June – 18 November
Days left for picking167
Daylight12:14 on 22 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 11 rainy days

Peas in Besançon: care after planting

Planted on 22 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Besançon during the peas season

About 918 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (78 mm) and May the wettest (125 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
March12.131041411:50
April15.45.5881213:35
May18.79.51251515:04
June2414.31131415:54
July25.615.5871215:34
August25.715.6781114:17
September21.512.2871212:37
October16.78.71181310:56
November10.23.7118159:22

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Besançon, Neuchâtel is 14 days earlier and Fribourg 14 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Dijon74 km22 March – 6 Septembersame day
Neuchâtel75 km8 March – 15 September14 days earlier
Lausanne93 km22 March – 7 Septembersame day
Fribourg99 km5 April – 24 August14 days later
Mulhouse113 km16 March – 4 September6 days earlier
Bern113 km3 April – 21 August12 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Besançon

Seeds go straight into the bed from 22 March to 5 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Besançon OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 7 markets and 11 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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.

Questions

When to plant peas in Besançon?

In Besançon, peas: sow straight into the bed from 22 March to 5 September.

When is the last spring frost in Besançon?

Last spring frost around 12 April, first autumn frost around 18 November.

Other crops in Besançon, with their dates