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When to plant peas in Valence: 25 February – 8 September

In Valence, peas: sow straight into the bed from 25 February to 8 September.

Peas in Valence: soil, season and weather

Peas tolerates light frost, so it goes in three weeks before the last frost (18 March); the top 7 cm of soil averages its minimum of 4 °C already in the first week of January.

Last spring frost18 March
Top 7 cm of soil at 4 °Calready in the first week of January
First autumn frost21 November, 269 days after the start
Days in the bed to the first harvest (card)74
First harvest, if planted in this window10 May – 21 November
Days left for picking195
Daylight10:55 on 25 February
Watering outdoors when fruiting (card)every 3 days; the driest month, August, has 6 rainy days

Peas in Valence: care after planting

Planted on 25 February: in the first weeks water every 6 days.

Pests and diseases of peas to watch for:

Weather in Valence during the peas season

About 731 mm of rain falls in the season; August is the driest month (45 mm) and October the wettest (111 mm).

MonthDay, °CNight, °CRain, mmRainy daysDaylight on the 15th
February11.12.350810:25
March14.13.9731111:52
April17.46.8661013:28
May20.910.6971314:49
June26.815.8701015:35
July29.317.552615:17
August29.417.445614:07
September24.313.668812:35
October199.81111011:02
November12.14.999129:35

ERA5 2016–2025, Open-Meteo

Peas in nearby cities

Around Valence, Nîmes is 31 days earlier and Grenoble 48 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Saint-Étienne70 km23 March – 4 September26 days later
Grenoble70 km14 April – 12 August48 days later
Lyon92 km5 March – 12 September8 days later
Chambéry106 km15 March – 7 September18 days later
Avignon109 km26 January – 19 September30 days earlier
Nîmes129 km25 January – 18 September31 days earlier

Where to buy peas seeds in Valence

Seeds go straight into the bed from 25 February to 8 September; buy them before that. Within 15 km of Valence OpenStreetMap lists 17 garden centres, 3 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 21 farm shops (collected 27 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 Valence?

In Valence, peas: sow straight into the bed from 25 February to 8 September.

When is the last spring frost in Valence?

Last spring frost around 18 March, first autumn frost around 21 November.

Other crops in Valence, with their dates