When to plant peas in Newcastle upon Tyne: 18 March – 7 September

In Newcastle upon Tyne, peas: sow straight into the bed from 18 March to 7 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Gosforth Park Garden Centre (garden centre, 6 km) and Redfox Garden World (garden centre, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Newcastle upon Tyne: 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 frost	8 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	20 November, 247 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	31 May – 20 November
Days left for picking	173
Daylight	12:00 on 18 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 10 rainy days

Peas in Newcastle upon Tyne: 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 Newcastle upon Tyne during the peas season

About 620 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (46 mm) and July the wettest (88 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	9.5	3.4	60	14	11:46
April	10.8	4.6	46	10	14:05
May	14.3	7.9	50	13	16:07
June	17.1	10.7	69	12	17:20
July	19	12.6	88	16	16:50
August	18.9	12.5	72	15	15:02
September	16.8	10.6	73	13	12:48
October	13.5	8.3	85	15	10:35
November	9.7	5	77	15	8:27

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Newcastle upon Tyne, Hull is 11 days earlier and Edinburgh 20 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Carlisle	86 km	5 April – 2 September	18 days later
York	118 km	22 March – 1 September	4 days later
Leeds	131 km	28 March – 10 September	10 days later
Bradford	133 km	25 March – 5 September	7 days later
Edinburgh	147 km	7 April – 27 August	20 days later
Hull	161 km	7 March – 11 September	11 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Newcastle upon Tyne

Seeds go straight into the bed from 18 March to 7 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Newcastle upon Tyne OpenStreetMap lists 30 garden centres, 6 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Gosforth Park Garden Centre — garden centre
Great Lime Road, NE3 5EP Newcastle upon Tyne · 6 km · dobbies.com
Redfox Garden World — garden centre
Newcastle Road, NE10 8YS Gateshead · 8 km · redfoxgardenworld.co.uk
Dobbies Garden Centre — garden centre
Durham Road, DH3 2BQ Chester-le-Street · 11 km · dobbies.com
Bradley Nursery & Gardens — garden centre
Sled Lane, NE41 8JH Wylam · 13 km · bradley-gardens.co.uk

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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