Pea · Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

When to plant peas in Edmonton

Main outdoor window

1-22 Apr

The window this page is built around.

Timed from last spring frost

13 May

In Edmonton, on your chosen risk.

Ready to pick

26 May - 10 Jun

If you plant at the start of the window.

The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.

Cautious Balanced Bold

Step by step in Edmonton

Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.

Sow for autumn

13 Jun - 4 Jul

Counting back 84 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.

Sow direct

1-22 Apr

Six weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

26 May - 10 Jun

Sow in succession. A single sowing gives you a single glut. Sow a short row every 14 days through the window above and you get a steady supply instead.

Frost tolerance

Hardy

Damaged below

-6°C (21.2°F)

Days to maturity

55–70

Min soil temp

4.5°C (40.1°F)

Spacing

8 cm

Sowing depth

30 mm (1.2 in)

Sun

Full

Peas through the year

Against the frost risk in Edmonton

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Frost risk Autumn sowing Sow direct Harvest Today

Why these dates

Sow as soon as soil is workable - six weeks before last frost is normal. In mild-winter climates an autumn sowing overwinters and crops six weeks earlier than any spring sowing can.

Established pea plants shrug off -6C. Seedlings tolerate frost easily; it is heat, not cold, that ends the crop.

Seed packets and extension guides express timing as weeks either side of the last spring frost, because that is the only reference point that travels. Peas are timed for direct sowing 6 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Edmonton.

The median frost-free season here is 137 days, against 55 to 70 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.

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Also in Edmonton

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Growing peas in Edmonton

When should I plant peas in Edmonton?

Aim for 1-22 Apr in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 10 Apr - 1 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When will peas be ready to harvest in Edmonton?

Expect to start picking around 26 May - 10 Jun, based on 55 to 70 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.

How much frost will peas tolerate?

Established pea plants shrug off -6C. Seedlings tolerate frost easily; it is heat, not cold, that ends the crop.