When to plant peas in Elche: from 25 December

In Elche, peas: sow straight into the bed from 25 December. There is no autumn frost here, so the frost dates set no end to the window.

Peas in Elche: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost and could go in three weeks before the last frost (15 January), but the top 7 cm of soil reaches its minimum of 4 °C only around 7 January, 13 days after that.

Last spring frost	15 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	from 9 March
Daylight	9:30 on 25 December
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, February, has 3 rainy days

Peas in Elche: care after planting

Planted on 25 December: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Elche during the peas season

About 217 mm of rain falls in the season; February is the driest month (12 mm) and March the wettest (68 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
December	17.6	8.3	29	4	9:31
January	16.6	7	31	4	9:47
February	18.1	7.9	12	3	10:46
March	19.5	9.4	68	8	11:54
April	21.4	11.3	46	7	13:10
May	25.1	14.6	31	5	14:14

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Elche, Castellón de la Plana is 3 days earlier and Albacete 65 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Murcia	48 km	from 27 December	2 days later
Gandia	91 km	from 28 December	3 days later
Lorca	109 km	30 December – 2 October	5 days later
Albacete	129 km	28 February – 13 September	65 days later
Valencia	137 km	from 25 December	same day
Castellón de la Plana	200 km	from 22 December	3 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Elche

Seeds go straight into the bed from 25 December; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Elche OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries and 26 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercat Central — market
Plaza de las Flores 17, Elche / Elx · 1 km
Mercado Plaza Barcelona — market
Mon–Thu, Sat 07:00–14:30; Fri 07:00–14:30, 17:00–21:00; Sun closed · 1 km
Mercat Agrícola de Portes Encarnades — market
Tue 08:30–14:00; Wed–Mon closed · 0 km
Mercat el Pla - Sector V — market
Sat 08:30–14:00; Sun–Fri closed · 1 km

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