When to plant peas in Corpus Christi: 6 January – 10 October

In Corpus Christi, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 January to 10 October.

Peas in Corpus Christi: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost and could go in three weeks before the last frost (27 January), but the top 7 cm of soil reaches its minimum of 4 °C only around 7 January, 1 day after that.

Last spring frost	27 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	23 December, 351 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 March – 23 December
Days left for picking	277
Daylight	10:28 on 6 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 7 rainy days

Peas in Corpus Christi: care after planting

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

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Corpus Christi during the peas season

About 950 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (39 mm) and September the wettest (111 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	19.7	10.8	70	9	10:34
February	22.1	12.7	39	7	11:13
March	25.1	16.9	81	9	11:58
April	27.3	19.4	73	10	12:49
May	29.9	23.1	98	13	13:31
June	31.8	25.2	110	13	13:53
July	32.8	25.8	90	10	13:44
August	33.2	26	86	11	13:09
September	31.4	24.4	111	15	12:21
October	28.8	20.6	66	10	11:32
November	24.4	16.2	72	9	10:47
December	21.7	13	54	7	10:24

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Corpus Christi, Monterrey is 9 days earlier and Austin 23 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Reynosa	203 km	1 January – 10 October	5 days earlier
Nuevo Laredo	212 km	6 January – 10 October	same day
San Antonio	215 km	20 January – 22 September	14 days later
Austin	283 km	29 January – 30 September	23 days later
Houston	299 km	27 January – 14 September	21 days later
Monterrey	369 km	28 December – 10 October	9 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Corpus Christi

Seeds go straight into the bed from 6 January to 10 October; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Corpus Christi OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 1 market (collected 29 October 2026).

BotaniCo — garden centre
4 km
Moody's Quality Meats — market
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.

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