When to plant peas in Reggio Calabria: 6 February – 6 October

In Reggio Calabria, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 February to 6 October. For seeds, the places nearby include Edilgarden (garden centre, 9 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Reggio Calabria: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (27 February); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	27 February
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	19 December, 316 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	21 April – 19 December
Days left for picking	242
Daylight	10:27 on 6 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 4 rainy days

Peas in Reggio Calabria: care after planting

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

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Reggio Calabria during the peas season

About 735 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (15 mm) and November the wettest (108 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	10.9	5.1	78	10	10:47
March	12.3	6.1	104	12	11:54
April	15.3	8.5	46	8	13:10
May	19.3	12.3	65	8	14:13
June	25.4	17.6	34	6	14:48
July	28.3	20	15	4	14:34
August	27.3	19.8	48	8	13:40
September	23.4	16.6	64	10	12:28
October	19.3	13.2	75	10	11:15
November	15	9.7	108	13	10:08
December	11.4	6.5	98	12	9:32

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Peas in nearby cities

Around Reggio Calabria, Messina is 33 days earlier and Potenza 47 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Messina	12 km	from 4 January	33 days earlier
Catania	84 km	from 5 January	32 days earlier
Cosenza	142 km	20 March – 17 September	42 days later
Palermo	200 km	2 February – 10 October	4 days earlier
Potenza	282 km	25 March – 12 September	47 days later
Salerno	295 km	15 February – 28 September	9 days later

Where to buy peas seeds in Reggio Calabria

Seeds go straight into the bed from 6 February to 6 October; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Reggio Calabria OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 8 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Mercato Vascone — market
12 km
Mercato Zaera — market
12 km
Edilgarden — garden centre
Via Nazionale Pellaro 94, 89134 Reggio di Calabria · 9 km
Mercato Sant'Orsola — market
Mon–Sat 06:00–14:00 · 13 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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