When to plant peas in Little Rock: 10 February – 7 September

In Little Rock, peas: sow straight into the bed from 10 February to 7 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Cantrell Gardens Nursery (garden centre, 7 km) and Maumelle Nursery (garden centre, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Little Rock: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (3 March); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	3 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	20 November, 283 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	25 April – 20 November
Days left for picking	209
Daylight	10:46 on 10 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, September, has 8 rainy days

Peas in Little Rock: care after planting

Planted on 10 February: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Little Rock during the peas season

About 1074 mm of rain falls in the season; September is the driest month (73 mm) and April the wettest (163 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	14	3.5	127	11	10:56
March	18.9	8.1	144	11	11:56
April	22.4	11.6	163	11	13:03
May	27	16.7	133	14	13:58
June	31.6	21.3	102	11	14:28
July	33.3	23.6	78	11	14:17
August	32.1	22.8	101	11	13:29
September	30	19.8	73	8	12:26
October	24.3	14	77	7	11:21
November	17.4	7.3	76	7	10:22

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Little Rock, Shreveport is 11 days earlier and Fayetteville 27 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Fort Smith	203 km	23 February – 5 September	13 days later
Memphis	209 km	17 February – 10 September	7 days later
Fayetteville	223 km	9 March – 28 August	27 days later
Shreveport	290 km	30 January – 26 September	11 days earlier
Joplin	327 km	9 March – 19 August	27 days later
Jackson	335 km	3 February – 15 September	7 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Little Rock

Seeds go straight into the bed from 10 February to 7 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Little Rock OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres (collected 20 October 2026).

Cantrell Gardens Nursery — garden centre
Cantrell Road 7800, 72227 Little Rock · 7 km · cantrellgardens.com
Maumelle Nursery — garden centre
Maumelle Boulevard, North Little Rock · 12 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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