When to plant peas in Como: 22 February – 10 September

In Como, peas: sow straight into the bed from 22 February to 10 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Al Kmzero (farm shop, 4 km) and MirtilliAmo (farm shop, 10 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Como: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (15 March); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 29 January).

Last spring frost	15 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	29 January, 45 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	23 November, 274 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 May – 23 November
Days left for picking	200
Daylight	10:44 on 22 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 9 rainy days

Peas in Como: care after planting

Planted on 22 February: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Como during the peas season

About 1633 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (85 mm) and May the wettest (217 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	10.2	1.8	85	9	10:22
March	13.2	4	122	10	11:51
April	16.9	7.7	139	12	13:31
May	20.2	11.7	217	18	14:55
June	25.6	16.7	179	14	15:42
July	27.6	18.6	184	15	15:23
August	27.2	18.7	180	13	14:10
September	22.4	14.5	173	13	12:36
October	17.7	10.4	199	12	11:00
November	11.6	4.5	155	12	9:30

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Como, Milan is 15 days earlier and Locarno 69 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Lugano	23 km	18 February – 22 September	4 days earlier
Milan	40 km	7 February – 17 September	15 days earlier
Bellinzona	43 km	17 March – 2 September	23 days later
Locarno	46 km	2 May – 10 July	69 days later
Bergamo	47 km	16 March – 5 September	22 days later
Novara	54 km	27 February – 9 September	5 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Como

Seeds go straight into the bed from 22 February to 10 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Como OpenStreetMap lists 22 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 9 plant nurseries, 2 markets and 13 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Al Kmzero — farm shop
Via Alessandro Volta 3, 22012 Cernobbio · 4 km
MirtilliAmo — farm shop
Via Monte Sinai, 22075 Lurate Caccivio · 10 km
Nespoli — farm shop
Via per Carugo, 22060 Carugo · 13 km
Cip Garden — garden centre
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.

When to plant peas in Como: 22 February – 10 September

Peas in Como: soil, season and weather

Peas in Como: care after planting

Weather in Como during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Como

Questions

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