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When to plant peas in Lille: 18 March – 8 September

In Lille, peas: sow straight into the bed from 18 March to 8 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Otera (farm shop, 1 km) and Otera (farm shop, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Lille: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (8 April); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost8 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of January
First autumn frost21 November, 248 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window31 May – 21 November
Days left for picking174
Daylight12:00 on 18 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 10 rainy days

Peas in Lille: care after planting

Planted on 18 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Lille during the peas season

About 562 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (45 mm) and October the wettest (80 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
March11.33.3641311:49
April14.54.9451013:47
May18.48.6601115:28
June22.112.5641116:27
July23.113.8541016:04
August23.314.3611114:35
September20.511.9601012:41
October169.2801210:48
November10.5574129:00

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Lille, Bruges is 12 days earlier and Charleroi 5 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Bruges65 km6 March – 17 September12 days earlier
Ghent66 km22 March – 11 September4 days later
Mons66 km20 March – 6 September2 days later
Brussels94 km20 March – 9 September2 days later
Amiens98 km15 March – 8 September3 days earlier
Charleroi101 km23 March – 2 September5 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Lille

Seeds go straight into the bed from 18 March to 8 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Lille OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 4 plant nurseries, 20 markets and 33 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

  • Otera — farm shop
    Rue de Seclin 33, 59710 Avelin · Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00; Sun 09:00–12:30 · 10 km · magasins.otera.fr
  • Otera — farm shop
    Rue Léon Gambetta 392, 59000 Lille · Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00; Sun 09:00–13:30 · 1 km · magasins.otera.fr
  • Otera — farm shop
    Avenue de la Résistance 20, 59350 Saint-André-lez-Lille · Mon–Sat 09:00–20:00; Sun 09:00–12:30 · 3 km · magasins.otera.fr
  • Ferme Duthoit — farm shop
    Rue du Chevalier de la Barre 44, 59120 Loos · Mon–Fri 08:30–11:00, 16:30–19:00; Sat 08:30–12:00, 16:30–19:00 · 4 km · ferme-duthoit.fr

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.

Questions

When to plant peas in Lille?

In Lille, peas: sow straight into the bed from 18 March to 8 September.

When is the last spring frost in Lille?

Last spring frost around 8 April, first autumn frost around 21 November.

Other crops in Lille, with their dates