When to plant peas in Brest (France): 31 January – 30 September

In Brest (France), peas: sow straight into the bed from 31 January to 30 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Chèvrerie de Baradozic (farm shop, 15 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Brest (France): soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (21 February); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	21 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	13 December, 316 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 April – 13 December
Days left for picking	242
Daylight	9:25 on 31 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 13 rainy days

Peas in Brest (France): care after planting

Planted on 31 January: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Brest (France) during the peas season

About 1164 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (65 mm) and December the wettest (143 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	9.6	4.8	126	17	8:45
February	10.4	5.4	101	15	10:12
March	11.6	5.9	97	16	11:50
April	14.2	6.7	68	12	13:39
May	16.8	9.4	69	12	15:12
June	19.3	12.2	94	14	16:05
July	20.9	13.9	65	13	15:44
August	20.8	14	71	12	14:23
September	18.9	12.6	84	14	12:39
October	15.9	10.5	116	15	10:54
November	12.6	8.1	130	17	9:15
December	10.7	6.5	143	18	8:21

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Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas later than Brest (France); the closest date is in Plymouth, 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Quimper	52 km	15 February – 26 September	15 days later
Rennes	210 km	19 February – 15 September	19 days later
Plymouth	222 km	8 February – 18 September	8 days later
Nantes	255 km	14 February – 16 September	14 days later
Exeter	268 km	13 March – 14 September	41 days later
Angers	311 km	19 February – 14 September	19 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Brest (France)

Seeds go straight into the bed from 31 January to 30 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Brest (France) OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 22 markets and 15 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Chèvrerie de Baradozic — farm shop
Baradozic 103, 29800 Saint-Divy · 15 km
Au Pays du Jardin — garden centre
9 km · fr-fr.facebook.com
Les Jardiniers Modernes — garden centre
5 km
Pépinières de Kervouric — garden centre
10 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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