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When to plant peas in Dortmund: 27 March – 3 September

In Dortmund, peas: sow straight into the bed from 27 March to 3 September.

Peas in Dortmund: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (17 April); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost17 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of January
First autumn frost16 November, 234 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window9 June – 16 November
Days left for picking160
Daylight12:36 on 27 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 13 rainy days

Peas in Dortmund: care after planting

Planted on 27 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Dortmund during the peas season

About 646 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (64 mm) and June the wettest (78 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
March10.72.6691411:48
April14.24.7641313:50
May18.68.7651215:35
June22.913.3781216:36
July23.414.2781416:12
August23.814.6721314:40
September20.211.6721212:43
October15.39771510:45
November9.64.271148:54

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas earlier than Dortmund; the closest date is in Münster, 2 days earlier.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Bochum18 km20 March – 7 September7 days earlier
Essen32 km16 March – 8 September11 days earlier
Duisburg50 km15 March – 9 September12 days earlier
Münster51 km25 March – 8 September2 days earlier
Düsseldorf57 km14 March – 8 September13 days earlier
Cologne73 km16 March – 7 September11 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Dortmund

Seeds go straight into the bed from 27 March to 3 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Dortmund OpenStreetMap lists 24 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 21 markets and 35 farm shops (collected 28 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 Dortmund?

In Dortmund, peas: sow straight into the bed from 27 March to 3 September.

When is the last spring frost in Dortmund?

Last spring frost around 17 April, first autumn frost around 16 November.

Other crops in Dortmund, with their dates