GreenlyWhen to plant peas in Kilkenny: 17 March – 7 September
In Kilkenny, peas: sow straight into the bed from 17 March to 7 September.
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Peas in Kilkenny: soil, season and weather
Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (7 April); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.
| Last spring frost | 7 April |
|---|---|
| Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C | already in the first week of January |
| First autumn frost | 20 November, 248 days after the start |
| Days in the bed to the first harvest (card) | 74 |
| First harvest, if planted in this window | 30 May – 20 November |
| Days left for picking | 174 |
| Daylight | 11:56 on 17 March |
| Watering outdoors when fruiting (card) | every 3 days; the driest month, May, has 13 rainy days |
Peas in Kilkenny: care after planting
Planted on 17 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.
Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:
Weather in Kilkenny during the peas season
About 790 mm of rain falls in the season; May is the driest month (69 mm) and October the wettest (113 mm).
| Month | Day, °C | Night, °C | Rain, mm | Rainy days | Daylight on the 15th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 9.6 | 3.1 | 93 | 15 | 11:48 |
| April | 11.7 | 4.5 | 72 | 13 | 13:55 |
| May | 15.3 | 7.4 | 69 | 13 | 15:45 |
| June | 17.7 | 10.2 | 76 | 15 | 16:50 |
| July | 18.9 | 11.8 | 81 | 15 | 16:24 |
| August | 18.6 | 11.5 | 90 | 15 | 14:46 |
| September | 16.2 | 9.8 | 99 | 14 | 12:44 |
| October | 13.1 | 7.5 | 113 | 15 | 10:42 |
| November | 9.5 | 4.6 | 97 | 15 | 8:46 |
ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo
Peas in nearby cities
1 of the nearest cities share Kilkenny's date.
| City | Distance | Date | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford | 44 km | 10 February – 7 September | 35 days earlier |
| Limerick | 93 km | 20 February – 8 September | 25 days earlier |
| Athlone | 97 km | 4 February – 13 September | 41 days earlier |
| Dublin | 102 km | 17 March – 11 September | same day |
| Cork | 118 km | 13 March – 8 September | 4 days earlier |
| Galway | 139 km | 24 February – 15 September | 21 days earlier |
Where to buy peas seeds in Kilkenny
Seeds go straight into the bed from 17 March to 7 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Kilkenny OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 12 farm-supply shops and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).
- FRS Farm Relief Services — farm supply
3 km · kcdfrs.com - Kverneland — farm supply
2 km · ie.kverneland.com - Dalton's Chancellor's Mills — farm supply
3 km · chancellorsmills.com - Kilmanagh Glanbia Co-Op — farm supply
12 km
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.
- How to grow peas
- All frost dates and weather of Kilkenny
- Shops and markets: Kilkenny
- Selling a surplus in Ireland
- When to plant peas in Ireland
- Kilkenny: #360 of 801 by frost-free season
- Moon planting calendar for November 2026
- How we calculate the dates
Questions
When to plant peas in Kilkenny?
In Kilkenny, peas: sow straight into the bed from 17 March to 7 September.
When is the last spring frost in Kilkenny?
Last spring frost around 7 April, first autumn frost around 20 November.
