When to plant peas in Louisville: 16 March – 29 August

In Louisville, peas: sow straight into the bed from 16 March to 29 August. For seeds, the places nearby include Grant Line Nursery & Garden Center (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Louisville: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (6 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 22 January).

Last spring frost	6 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	22 January, 74 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	11 November, 240 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	29 May – 11 November
Days left for picking	166
Daylight	11:57 on 16 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, November, has 8 rainy days

Peas in Louisville: care after planting

Planted on 16 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Louisville during the peas season

About 964 mm of rain falls in the season; November is the driest month (85 mm) and April the wettest (138 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	15	4	116	12	11:54
April	19.6	8.2	138	12	13:10
May	24.5	14.1	118	14	14:14
June	29.3	18.7	106	11	14:49
July	31	21.3	129	14	14:35
August	29.8	20.1	86	11	13:41
September	27.6	17.2	91	7	12:28
October	21.3	11.3	95	9	11:15
November	13.6	4.1	85	8	10:07

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Louisville, Bowling Green is 6 days earlier and Indianapolis 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Frankfort	78 km	22 March – 21 August	6 days later
Lexington	116 km	20 March – 25 August	4 days later
Cincinnati	146 km	21 March – 27 August	5 days later
Bowling Green	153 km	10 March – 28 August	6 days earlier
Evansville	159 km	12 March – 28 August	4 days earlier
Indianapolis	173 km	24 March – 24 August	8 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Louisville

Seeds go straight into the bed from 16 March to 29 August; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Louisville OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery and 7 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Klondike Deli — market
11 km
Wallitsch Nursery — plant nursery
11 km
Grant Line Nursery & Garden Center — garden centre
Grant Line Road 2223, 47150 New Albany · Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun closed · 9 km · grantlinegarden.com
New Albany Farmers' Market — market
East Market Street 202, 47150 New Albany · Sun–Fri closed; Apr–Sept Sat 08:00–12:00; Oct–Mar Sat 10:00–12:00 · 7 km · namainstreet.org

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.

When to plant peas in Louisville: 16 March – 29 August

Peas in Louisville: soil, season and weather

Peas in Louisville: care after planting

Weather in Louisville during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Louisville

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