When to plant peas in Fort Smith: 23 February – 5 September

In Fort Smith, peas: sow straight into the bed from 23 February to 5 September.

Peas in Fort Smith: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (16 March); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	16 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	18 November, 268 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 May – 18 November
Days left for picking	194
Daylight	11:11 on 23 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 6 rainy days

Peas in Fort Smith: care after planting

Planted on 23 February: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Fort Smith during the peas season

About 1108 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (73 mm) and April the wettest (175 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	13.5	2.2	90	9	10:54
March	18.8	7.2	141	12	11:55
April	22	10.7	175	12	13:04
May	26.3	15.9	151	13	14:01
June	31.5	20.8	95	11	14:32
July	33.5	23.2	91	10	14:20
August	32.6	22.4	88	9	13:31
September	30.3	19.4	73	6	12:26
October	24	13.2	113	8	11:20
November	17.1	6.5	91	8	10:19

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Fort Smith, Shreveport is 24 days earlier and Fayetteville 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Fayetteville	78 km	9 March – 28 August	14 days later
Tulsa	169 km	13 February – 4 September	10 days earlier
Joplin	189 km	9 March – 19 August	14 days later
Little Rock	203 km	10 February – 7 September	13 days earlier
Oklahoma City	285 km	21 February – 28 August	2 days earlier
Shreveport	329 km	30 January – 26 September	24 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Fort Smith

Seeds go straight into the bed from 23 February to 5 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Fort Smith OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 1 plant nursery (collected 28 October 2026).

Home Depot Garden Center — garden centre
4 km
Lafoon's Greenhouse & Nursery — plant nursery
6 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 Fort Smith: 23 February – 5 September

Peas in Fort Smith: soil, season and weather

Peas in Fort Smith: care after planting

Weather in Fort Smith during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Fort Smith

Questions

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