When to plant peas in Santa Barbara: 22 February – 2 October

In Santa Barbara, peas: sow straight into the bed from 22 February to 2 October. For seeds, the places nearby include 7 Day Nursery (garden centre, 4 km) and La Sumida Nursery (garden centre, 10 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Santa Barbara: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (15 March); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost	15 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C	already in the first week of January
First autumn frost	15 December, 296 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)	74
First harvest, if planted in this window	7 May – 15 December
Days left for picking	222
Daylight	11:11 on 22 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)	every 3 days; the driest month, July, has 0 rainy days

Peas in Santa Barbara: care after planting

Planted on 22 February: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Santa Barbara during the peas season

About 480 mm of rain falls in the season; July is the driest month (0 mm) and March the wettest (125 mm).

Month	Day, °C	Night, °C	Rain, mm	Rainy days	Daylight on the 15th
February	15.3	3.7	119	6	10:57
March	15.7	4.6	125	9	11:56
April	19.6	7.5	29	3	13:02
May	21.2	9.4	13	2	13:57
June	25.7	13.8	3	1	14:27
July	28.8	17	0	0	14:15
August	29.1	17.1	3	1	13:28
September	26.8	15	10	2	12:25
October	23.7	11.3	20	1	11:22
November	19	7.1	46	4	10:23
December	15.7	4.9	112	6	9:52

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas earlier than Santa Barbara; the closest date is in San Jose, 19 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bakersfield	122 km	26 January – 1 October	27 days earlier
Riverside	218 km	22 December – 6 October	62 days earlier
Fresno	259 km	15 January – 22 September	38 days earlier
San Jose	380 km	from 3 February	19 days earlier
Ensenada	405 km	26 January – 1 October	27 days earlier
Stockton	419 km	14 January – 20 September	39 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Santa Barbara

Seeds go straight into the bed from 22 February to 2 October; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Santa Barbara OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 plant nurseries, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

7 Day Nursery — garden centre
State Street 3301, 93105 Santa Barbara · Mon–Sun 09:00–18:00+ · 4 km · 7daynursery.com
La Sumida Nursery — garden centre
South Patterson Avenue 165, 93111 Santa Barbara · Mon–Sat 08:00–17:00; Sun 10:00–16:00 · 10 km · lasumida.com
Terra Sol Garden Center — garden centre
Overpass Road 5320, 93111 Santa Barbara · 09:00–17:00 · 10 km · terrasolgardencenter.com
Island Seed & Feed — garden centre
South Fairview Avenue 29, 93117 Goleta · Mon–Sat 09:00–17:00; Sun closed · 12 km · islandseed.com

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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