When to plant peas in Lincoln (United Kingdom): 11 March – 6 September

In Lincoln (United Kingdom), peas: sow straight into the bed from 11 March to 6 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Whisby Garden Centre (garden centre, 7 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Lincoln (United Kingdom): soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (1 April); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	1 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	19 November, 253 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	24 May – 19 November
Days left for picking	179
Daylight	11:30 on 11 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 11 rainy days

Peas in Lincoln (United Kingdom): care after planting

Planted on 11 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Lincoln (United Kingdom) during the peas season

About 587 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (48 mm) and July the wettest (78 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	10.7	3.2	59	13	11:47
April	13	4.1	48	11	13:57
May	16.6	7.7	62	11	15:50
June	19.6	11.1	69	11	16:57
July	21.7	13	78	14	16:30
August	21.5	12.9	61	11	14:50
September	18.9	10.8	66	12	12:45
October	14.7	8.3	78	12	10:40
November	10.2	4.5	66	11	8:41

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Lincoln (United Kingdom), Hull is 4 days earlier and Leicester 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nottingham	51 km	17 March – 10 September	6 days later
Hull	58 km	7 March – 11 September	4 days earlier
Sheffield	64 km	25 March – 9 September	14 days later
Derby	72 km	22 March – 9 September	11 days later
Leicester	77 km	30 March – 6 September	19 days later
York	89 km	22 March – 1 September	11 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Lincoln (United Kingdom)

Seeds go straight into the bed from 11 March to 6 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Lincoln (United Kingdom) OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 market and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Whisby Garden Centre — garden centre
Whisby Road · 7 km
Cornhill Market — market
Sincil Street, LN5 7ET Lincoln · 0 km
Pennell's Garden Centre — garden centre
8 km
Living Stone — garden centre
8 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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