When to plant peas in Florence: 2 March – 14 September

In Florence, peas: sow straight into the bed from 2 March to 14 September.

Peas in Florence: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (23 March); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	23 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	27 November, 270 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	15 May – 27 November
Days left for picking	196
Daylight	11:13 on 2 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 5 rainy days

Peas in Florence: care after planting

Planted on 2 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Florence during the peas season

About 773 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (31 mm) and November the wettest (140 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	14.7	4	92	11	11:52
April	18.4	6.6	80	10	13:25
May	21.9	10.8	105	14	14:43
June	28.2	15.6	54	8	15:26
July	31.4	18	31	5	15:09
August	31.5	18.3	50	6	14:02
September	25.8	14.4	114	10	12:33
October	20.8	10.6	107	11	11:04
November	14.7	6.2	140	13	9:41

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Florence, Livorno is 60 days earlier and Pisa 17 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Siena	50 km	23 February – 14 September	7 days earlier
Arezzo	61 km	16 March – 8 September	14 days later
Pisa	69 km	19 March – 5 September	17 days later
Livorno	79 km	from 1 January	60 days earlier
Bologna	80 km	17 February – 16 September	13 days earlier
San Marino	97 km	19 January – 29 September	42 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Florence

Seeds go straight into the bed from 2 March to 14 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Florence OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 13 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Leather market — market
Via Nazionale 37 R, Firenze · 1 km
Mercato delle Cure — market
Mon–Sat 08:30–12:30 · 2 km · comune.fi.it
Campagna amica — market
Wed–Sat 08:30–14:00; Thu closed · 2 km
Mercato di ortofrutta — market
Mon–Sat 06:00–12:30 · 2 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 Florence: 2 March – 14 September

Peas in Florence: soil, season and weather

Peas in Florence: care after planting

Weather in Florence during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Florence

Questions

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