When to plant peas in Knoxville: 8 March – 30 August

In Knoxville, peas: sow straight into the bed from 8 March to 30 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Plush Moon Terrarium (garden centre, 2 km) and Lovedays Garden Center (garden centre, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Knoxville: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (29 March); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	29 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	12 November, 249 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 May – 12 November
Days left for picking	175
Daylight	11:39 on 8 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 8 rainy days

Peas in Knoxville: care after planting

Planted on 8 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Knoxville during the peas season

About 878 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (77 mm) and March the wettest (126 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	16.7	5.2	126	11	11:55
April	20.8	9	108	11	13:05
May	25.3	14.5	115	13	14:03
June	29.6	18.6	82	12	14:35
July	31.6	21.3	87	14	14:23
August	30.2	20.1	111	14	13:33
September	28.3	17.5	85	9	12:27
October	22.7	11.3	87	7	11:19
November	15.7	5.1	77	8	10:17

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Knoxville, Athens (United States) is 17 days earlier and Asheville 14 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Asheville	130 km	22 March – 20 August	14 days later
Chattanooga	156 km	27 February – 30 August	9 days earlier
Greenville	184 km	26 February – 9 September	10 days earlier
Athens (United States)	229 km	19 February – 9 September	17 days earlier
Lexington	231 km	20 March – 25 August	12 days later
Atlanta	249 km	22 February – 9 September	14 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Knoxville

Seeds go straight into the bed from 8 March to 30 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Knoxville OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 1 plant nursery and 5 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Plush Moon Terrarium — garden centre
East 5th Avenue 1423, 37917-7713 Knoxville · Thu–Fri 17:00–20:00; Sat 12:00–18:00; Sun 12:00–16:00 · 2 km
Lovedays Garden Center — garden centre
Chapman Highway 8105, Knoxville · 11 km
The Shrimp Dock - Bearden — market
Kingston Pike 5210, 37919 Knoxville · Mon–Thu 10:00–18:00; Fri 10:00–19:00; Sat 10:00–18:00; Sun 11:00–16:00 · 7 km · shrimpdock.com
Central Filling Station — market
North Central Street 900, Knoxville · 2 km · knoxfoodpark.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.

When to plant peas in Knoxville: 8 March – 30 August

Peas in Knoxville: soil, season and weather

Peas in Knoxville: care after planting

Weather in Knoxville during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Knoxville

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