When to plant peas in Livorno: from 1 January

In Livorno, peas: sow straight into the bed from 1 January. There is no autumn frost here, so the frost dates set no end to the window.

Peas in Livorno: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost and could go in three weeks before the last frost (22 January), but the top 7 cm of soil reaches its minimum of 4 °C only around 7 January, 6 days after that.

Last spring frost	22 January
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	from 16 March
Daylight	9:00 on 1 January
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 9 rainy days

Peas in Livorno: care after planting

Planted on 1 January: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Livorno during the peas season

About 415 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (70 mm) and May the wettest (96 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
January	11.9	6.2	78	12	9:18
February	13.3	6.8	83	10	10:30
March	15.2	7.9	88	9	11:52
April	18	10.2	70	9	13:24
May	21.3	13.9	96	12	14:41

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas later than Livorno; the closest date is in Bologna, 47 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pisa	20 km	19 March – 5 September	77 days later
Florence	79 km	2 March – 14 September	60 days later
Siena	84 km	23 February – 14 September	53 days later
Arezzo	125 km	16 March – 8 September	74 days later
Modena	132 km	27 February – 17 September	57 days later
Bologna	133 km	17 February – 16 September	47 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Livorno

Seeds go straight into the bed from 1 January; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Livorno OpenStreetMap lists 7 garden centres, 5 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Nuovo Mercatino Americano — market
3 km
Pian dei Lupi — farm shop
13 km · agriturismopiandeilupi.it
Azienda agricola di Grigoli Angela — farm shop
15 km · angeladigrigolibio.com
Azienda agricola il molino — farm shop · sells: wine
9 km

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