When to plant peas in Freiburg im Breisgau: 22 March – 3 September

In Freiburg im Breisgau, peas: sow straight into the bed from 22 March to 3 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Biohof Kiefer (farm shop, 5 km) and Bioland-Hofladen (farm shop, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Freiburg im Breisgau: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (12 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 8 January).

Last spring frost	12 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	8 January, 94 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	16 November, 239 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	4 June – 16 November
Days left for picking	165
Daylight	12:15 on 22 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, March, has 13 rainy days

Peas in Freiburg im Breisgau: care after planting

Planted on 22 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Freiburg im Breisgau during the peas season

About 790 mm of rain falls in the season; March is the driest month (76 mm) and May the wettest (109 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	11.8	2.3	76	13	11:50
April	15.4	4.9	82	13	13:37
May	19	9	109	14	15:09
June	24.2	14.1	97	14	16:01
July	25.5	15.3	90	13	15:40
August	25.5	15.4	83	11	14:21
September	21.2	11.7	77	11	12:38
October	16.5	8.1	83	12	10:55
November	9.6	3.1	93	14	9:18

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Freiburg im Breisgau, Basel is 7 days earlier and Lucerne 20 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Colmar	38 km	30 March – 4 September	8 days later
Mulhouse	47 km	16 March – 4 September	6 days earlier
Basel	52 km	15 March – 7 September	7 days earlier
Strasbourg	65 km	16 March – 7 September	6 days earlier
Zurich	85 km	24 March – 3 September	2 days later
Lucerne	110 km	11 April – 7 August	20 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Freiburg im Breisgau

Seeds go straight into the bed from 22 March to 3 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Freiburg im Breisgau OpenStreetMap lists 21 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 3 plant nurseries, 30 markets and 51 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Marktplatz Weingarten — market
Wed, Sat 08:00–13:00 · 3 km
Betzenhausener Wochenmarkt am Torplatz — market
Tue, Fri 08:00–13:00 · 4 km
Biohof Kiefer — farm shop
Langgasse 1, 79111 Freiburg im Breisgau · Tue, Thu, Fri 15:00–18:30; Sat 17:00–18:00; Wed closed · 5 km · biohof-kiefer.de
Bioland-Hofladen — farm shop
Thaddäushofweg 2, 79199 Kirchzarten · Tue, Sat 10:00–13:00; Fri 10:00–13:00, 15:00–18:30 · 7 km · thaddaeushof-kirchzarten.jimdofree.com

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.

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