When to plant peas in La Rochelle: 24 January – 29 September

In La Rochelle, peas: sow straight into the bed from 24 January to 29 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Jardirêve (garden centre, 10 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in La Rochelle: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (14 February); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	14 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	12 December, 322 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	8 April – 12 December
Days left for picking	248
Daylight	9:20 on 24 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 7 rainy days

Peas in La Rochelle: care after planting

Planted on 24 January: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in La Rochelle during the peas season

About 913 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (33 mm) and November the wettest (109 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	9.6	4.5	100	14	9:01
February	11.3	5.3	74	11	10:21
March	13.2	6.7	79	13	11:51
April	16	8.5	58	10	13:32
May	19.2	11.9	70	12	14:57
June	22.7	15.7	68	11	15:45
July	24.5	17.1	33	7	15:26
August	24.9	16.9	43	8	14:12
September	22.4	14.5	64	10	12:36
October	18.6	11.8	107	13	10:59
November	13.6	7.7	109	14	9:28
December	10.9	5.7	108	14	8:39

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Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas later than La Rochelle; the closest date is in Bordeaux, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nantes	122 km	14 February – 16 September	21 days later
Poitiers	123 km	26 February – 6 September	33 days later
Angers	153 km	19 February – 14 September	26 days later
Bordeaux	153 km	25 January – 17 September	1 day later
Limoges	190 km	11 March – 14 September	46 days later
Tours	196 km	25 February – 14 September	32 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in La Rochelle

Seeds go straight into the bed from 24 January to 29 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of La Rochelle OpenStreetMap lists 10 garden centres, 5 markets and 6 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Jardirêve — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:30–12:30, 14:30–18:30 · 10 km
Marché Central — market
Mon–Sun 08:00–13:30 · 0 km
Marché de La Pallice — market
Sun 08:00–14:00 · 4 km
Marché — market
Mon–Sun 08:00–13:00; Oct 1–Apr 30 Mon closed · 11 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.

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