When to plant peas in Potsdam: 15 March – 8 September

In Potsdam, peas: sow straight into the bed from 15 March to 8 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Spezialitätenmarkt (farm shop, 10 km) and Hofladen Obsthof Lindicke (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Potsdam: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (5 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 23 January).

Last spring frost	5 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	23 January, 72 days before the last frost
First autumn frost	21 November, 251 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	28 May – 21 November
Days left for picking	177
Daylight	11:48 on 15 March
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 9 rainy days

Peas in Potsdam: care after planting

Planted on 15 March: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Potsdam during the peas season

About 445 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (33 mm) and June the wettest (68 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
March	9.9	1.7	41	11	11:48
April	14.4	5	33	9	13:54
May	19.1	9.6	44	9	15:43
June	24.2	14.3	68	10	16:47
July	24.2	15.2	68	11	16:21
August	24.7	15.6	49	8	14:45
September	20.8	12.3	41	7	12:44
October	14.9	8.4	57	11	10:43
November	8.5	3.5	44	11	8:48

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Peas in nearby cities

1 of the nearest cities share Potsdam's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Berlin	27 km	23 March – 6 September	8 days later
Magdeburg	102 km	15 March – 5 September	same day
Leipzig	127 km	31 March – 4 September	16 days later
Szczecin	152 km	1 April – 4 September	17 days later
Dresden	157 km	26 March – 5 September	11 days later
Zielona Góra	175 km	26 March – 31 August	11 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Potsdam

Seeds go straight into the bed from 15 March to 8 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Potsdam OpenStreetMap lists 16 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 8 plant nurseries, 12 markets and 28 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Spezialitätenmarkt — farm shop
Fercher Straße 60, 14542 Werder (Havel) · Apr–Oct: Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00; Nov–Mar: Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00; Sat, Sun, public holidays 10:00–18:00 · 10 km · sanddorn-christine-berger.de
Hofladen Obsthof Lindicke — farm shop
Am Plessower Eck 1, 14542 Werder (Havel) · Wed–Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–17:00 · 13 km · obsthof-lindicke.de
Van Dam Kirschenhof — farm shop · sells: cherry
Plötziner Chaussee 3, 14542 Werder (Havel) · Mon–Sun 10:00–18:00 · 15 km · vandamskirschenhof.de
Supergrün — farm shop
Goerzallee 299, 14167 Berlin · Mon–Fri 09:00–15:00 · 15 km · supergruen.shop

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 Potsdam: 15 March – 8 September

Peas in Potsdam: soil, season and weather

Peas in Potsdam: care after planting

Weather in Potsdam during the peas season

Peas in nearby cities

Where to buy peas seeds in Potsdam

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