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When to plant peas in Cambridge: 13 March – 11 September

In Cambridge, peas: sow straight into the bed from 13 March to 11 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Scotsdales Garden Centre (garden centre, 6 km) and The Bushel Box Farm Shop (farm shop, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Cambridge: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (3 April); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost3 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of January
First autumn frost24 November, 256 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window26 May – 24 November
Days left for picking182
Daylight11:40 on 13 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 11 rainy days

Peas in Cambridge: care after planting

Planted on 13 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Cambridge during the peas season

About 523 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (43 mm) and October the wettest (71 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
March10.93.5551411:48
April13.54.6431113:53
May17.18.2591115:41
June20.611.7571016:44
July22.513.8661216:19
August22.513.6501014:44
September19.811.4621012:43
October15.38.6711110:43
November10.64.960118:49

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Cambridge, Ipswich is 19 days earlier and Leicester 17 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Ipswich73 km22 February – 16 September19 days earlier
London79 km14 March – 10 September1 day later
Norwich93 km10 March – 15 September3 days earlier
Leicester98 km30 March – 6 September17 days later
Oxford107 km13 March – 10 Septembersame day
Coventry113 km22 March – 4 September9 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Cambridge

Seeds go straight into the bed from 13 March to 11 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Cambridge OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 markets and 7 farm shops (collected 20 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 Cambridge?

In Cambridge, peas: sow straight into the bed from 13 March to 11 September.

When is the last spring frost in Cambridge?

Last spring frost around 3 April, first autumn frost around 24 November.

Other crops in Cambridge, with their dates