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When to plant peas in Caen: 19 February – 22 September

In Caen, peas: sow straight into the bed from 19 February to 22 September. For seeds, the places nearby include La Ferme de Billy (farm shop, 9 km) and La Grande Ferme (farm shop, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Caen: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (12 March); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost12 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of January
First autumn frost5 December, 289 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window4 May – 5 December
Days left for picking215
Daylight10:23 on 19 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 11 rainy days

Peas in Caen: care after planting

Planted on 19 February: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Caen during the peas season

About 714 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (52 mm) and December the wettest (89 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
February103.9561210:09
March11.95581411:49
April146.1521113:42
May16.89.4631115:17
June20.312.7671116:12
July22.214.5521015:51
August22.514.7551114:27
September20.312.8591212:39
October16.810.2781310:52
November126.885159:10
December9.74.889148:14

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Caen, Brighton is 32 days earlier and Rouen 25 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Le Havre48 km24 January – 29 September26 days earlier
Rouen109 km16 March – 8 September25 days later
Le Mans139 km12 March – 11 September21 days later
Rennes154 km19 February – 15 Septembersame day
Brighton183 km18 January – 18 September32 days earlier
Portsmouth188 km11 February – 18 September8 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Caen

Seeds go straight into the bed from 19 February to 22 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Caen OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 7 plant nurseries, 20 markets and 22 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 Caen?

In Caen, peas: sow straight into the bed from 19 February to 22 September.

When is the last spring frost in Caen?

Last spring frost around 12 March, first autumn frost around 5 December.

Other crops in Caen, with their dates