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When to plant peas in Stoke-on-Trent: 6 April – 2 September

In Stoke-on-Trent, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 April to 2 September. For seeds, the places nearby include Astbury Meadow Garden Centre (garden centre, 14 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Peas in Stoke-on-Trent: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (27 April); the top 7 cm of soil has reached its minimum of 4 °C by then (around 9 January).

Last spring frost27 April
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °C9 January, 108 days before the last frost
First autumn frost15 November, 223 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window19 June – 15 November
Days left for picking149
Daylight13:19 on 6 April
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, April, has 11 rainy days

Peas in Stoke-on-Trent: care after planting

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

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Stoke-on-Trent during the peas season

About 621 mm of rain falls in the season; April is the driest month (57 mm) and October the wettest (98 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
April12.13.6571113:56
May167.1691315:48
June18.810.4801416:54
July20.212.1881516:28
August19.712701514:49
September17.210841412:45
October13.47.6981410:41
November9.1475148:43

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant peas earlier than Stoke-on-Trent; the closest date is in Birmingham, 1 day earlier.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Derby48 km22 March – 9 September15 days earlier
Manchester50 km1 April – 1 September5 days earlier
Wrexham54 km17 March – 10 September20 days earlier
Sheffield61 km25 March – 9 September12 days earlier
Birmingham63 km5 April – 6 September1 day earlier
Liverpool68 km11 March – 13 September26 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Stoke-on-Trent

Seeds go straight into the bed from 6 April to 2 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Stoke-on-Trent OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

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.

Questions

When to plant peas in Stoke-on-Trent?

In Stoke-on-Trent, peas: sow straight into the bed from 6 April to 2 September.

When is the last spring frost in Stoke-on-Trent?

Last spring frost around 27 April, first autumn frost around 15 November.

Other crops in Stoke-on-Trent, with their dates