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When to plant peas in Exeter: 13 March – 14 September

In Exeter, peas: sow straight into the bed from 13 March to 14 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Barton Place Farm Shop (farm shop, 3 km) and Teign Valley Nursery (garden centre, 10 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Exeter: 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 frost27 November, 259 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window26 May – 27 November
Days left for picking185
Daylight11:41 on 13 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 11 rainy days

Peas in Exeter: 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 Exeter during the peas season

About 711 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (61 mm) and November the wettest (104 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
March10.73.9881511:49
April13.14.8651113:47
May16.58.1731215:29
June19.511.2731216:28
July21.212.9611116:04
August20.812.8651114:35
September18.311801212:41
October15.18.91021410:48
November11.25.6104149:00

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Exeter, Swansea is 34 days earlier and Bristol 8 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Plymouth58 km8 February – 18 September33 days earlier
Cardiff88 km4 March – 9 September9 days earlier
Swansea104 km7 February – 18 September34 days earlier
Bristol104 km21 March – 9 September8 days later
Southampton151 km14 March – 10 September1 day later
Portsmouth172 km11 February – 18 September30 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Exeter

Seeds go straight into the bed from 13 March to 14 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Exeter OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 2 markets and 13 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 Exeter?

In Exeter, peas: sow straight into the bed from 13 March to 14 September.

When is the last spring frost in Exeter?

Last spring frost around 3 April, first autumn frost around 27 November.

Other crops in Exeter, with their dates