When to plant peas in Bruges: 6 March – 17 September

In Bruges, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 March to 17 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Tuincenter Snaet (garden centre, 6 km) and Floresco (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Bruges: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (27 March); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	27 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	30 November, 269 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	19 May – 30 November
Days left for picking	195
Daylight	11:13 on 6 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 11 rainy days

Peas in Bruges: care after planting

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

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Bruges during the peas season

About 609 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (53 mm) and November the wettest (90 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	10.7	3.9	66	13	11:48
April	13.3	5.8	53	11	13:49
May	16.7	9.3	55	11	15:33
June	20.3	12.9	63	11	16:33
July	21.5	14.5	61	12	16:09
August	22	14.8	67	12	14:38
September	19.8	12.7	72	13	12:42
October	15.8	10	82	13	10:46
November	10.6	5.7	90	15	8:56

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Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas later than Bruges; the closest date is in Antwerp, 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Ghent	39 km	22 March – 11 September	16 days later
Lille	65 km	18 March – 8 September	12 days later
Antwerp	82 km	14 March – 9 September	8 days later
Brussels	89 km	20 March – 9 September	14 days later
Mons	99 km	20 March – 6 September	14 days later
Leuven	110 km	29 March – 9 September	23 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Bruges

Seeds go straight into the bed from 6 March to 17 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Bruges OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 7 plant nurseries, 1 market and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Boomkwekerij Dirk Eekeloo — garden centre
Snellegemstraat 13A, 8490 Jabbeke · Tue–Fri 08:00–12:00, 13:00–18:30; Sat 08:00–12:00, 13:00–18:00 · 11 km · dirkeekeloo.be
Floresco — garden centre
Gistelsteenweg 146;146A, 8490 Jabbeke · 7 km · floresco.be
Aveve — garden centre
Sluisstraat 42 · Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, 13:00–18:30; Sat 08:00–12:00, 13:00–18:00 · 13 km · aveve.be
Tuincenter Snaet — garden centre
Stationsstraat 4, 8210 Loppem · 6 km · tuincentersnaet.be

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.

When to plant peas in Bruges: 6 March – 17 September

Peas in Bruges: soil, season and weather

Peas in Bruges: care after planting

Weather in Bruges during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Bruges

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