When to plant peas in Birmingham (United States): 17 February – 13 September

In Birmingham (United States), peas: sow straight into the bed from 17 February to 13 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Leaf & Petal (garden centre, 5 km) and Walmart Garden Center (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Birmingham (United States): soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (10 March); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	10 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	26 November, 282 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	2 May – 26 November
Days left for picking	208
Daylight	11:03 on 17 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 8 rainy days

Peas in Birmingham (United States): care after planting

Planted on 17 February: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Birmingham (United States) during the peas season

About 1144 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (77 mm) and February the wettest (153 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	16.4	6.2	153	12	10:59
March	19.3	8.9	149	12	11:56
April	22.7	11.6	125	10	13:00
May	27	16.6	108	12	13:53
June	30.4	20.5	121	14	14:22
July	32	22.6	116	17	14:10
August	31.5	22.1	119	15	13:25
September	29.8	19.8	87	8	12:25
October	24.6	14.2	89	7	11:23
November	18.3	8.1	77	8	10:27

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Birmingham (United States), Montgomery is 9 days earlier and Nashville 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Huntsville	132 km	27 February – 1 September	10 days later
Montgomery	136 km	8 February – 16 September	9 days earlier
Chattanooga	224 km	27 February – 30 August	10 days later
Atlanta	225 km	22 February – 9 September	5 days later
Nashville	294 km	3 March – 1 September	14 days later
Macon	303 km	12 February – 18 September	5 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Birmingham (United States)

Seeds go straight into the bed from 17 February to 13 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Birmingham (United States) OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres and 2 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
Odum Road 890, 35071 Gardendale · 24/7 · 14 km
Leaf & Petal — garden centre
Cahaba Rd 2817, 35223 Birmingham · Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun 13:00–17:00 · 5 km
Irondale Market — market
1st Avenue South 2231, 35210 Irondale · Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00 · 9 km · facebook.com
Farmers Market — market
4 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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