When to Plant Peas in Iğdır, Turkey

Step by step in Iğdır

Import into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Dates use the selected risk level and are planning estimates, not frost alerts.

Each window is a planning range. Check the forecast, soil and cultivar before planting; a later date is not automatically safer in hot or wet conditions.

Sow for autumn

20 Jul - 10 Aug

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

Sow direct

6-27 Mar

Six weeks before your last frost.

Harvest

30 Apr - 15 May

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 Iğdır

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Frost risk Autumn sowing Sow direct Harvest Today

Seasonal context

Rainfall and the growing season in Iğdır

May has the highest average precipitation (65 mm); February has the lowest (19 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.

Jan 24 mm

Feb 19 mm

Mar 31 mm

Apr 53 mm

May 65 mm

Jun 48 mm

Jul 36 mm

Aug 26 mm

Sep 20 mm

Oct 38 mm

Nov 23 mm

Dec 24 mm

During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.

Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.

Monthly growing conditions in Iğdır

Compare the planting window with the local temperature pattern. These are historical monthly averages, not this year's forecast or measured soil temperatures. Average frost days do not tell you whether a particular night will freeze.

NASA POWER climate averages, 1995–2024
Month	Average low	Average high	Frost days
January	-6.6°C (20.2°F)	4.3°C (39.7°F)	30.7
February	-5.1°C (22.8°F)	6.8°C (44.2°F)	26.9
March	-1.2°C (29.9°F)	11.8°C (53.3°F)	19.5
April	3.5°C (38.2°F)	18°C (64.3°F)	4.6
May	8.2°C (46.7°F)	22.9°C (73.2°F)	0.1
June	13°C (55.3°F)	28.9°C (84°F)	0.0
July	16.5°C (61.6°F)	32.5°C (90.6°F)	0.0
August	16.9°C (62.4°F)	33.1°C (91.6°F)	0.0
September	12.2°C (53.9°F)	27.9°C (82.3°F)	0.0
October	6.4°C (43.5°F)	20.4°C (68.7°F)	1.2
November	0.1°C (32.1°F)	12.6°C (54.6°F)	14.2
December	-4.3°C (24.2°F)	6.7°C (44°F)	28.5

For peas, also check drainage, sunlight and cultivar requirements. See the rainfall context above; humidity, irrigation and local pest pressure are not calculated.

Local growing check

Before choosing peas for Iğdır

Average daytime highs reach at least 32°C in July, August. Plan establishment and flowering with local heat advice. This screen highlights hot months; it is not a crop-specific damage threshold or a heatwave forecast.
May is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 65 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.

The temperature and rainfall tables on this page show the underlying climate estimates. How these suitability checks work · Record what happens in your garden.

Before you plant peas

Use the calendar to plan ahead, then check the conditions in your own garden.

Measure the soil at sowing depth. Aim for at least 4.5°C (40.1°F); the calendar estimates soil warmth from air temperatures and cannot measure your bed.
Frost tolerance does not make saturated or frozen soil suitable for planting. Wait until the bed can be worked without smearing or compacting it.
Use the maturity range on your seed packet when choosing a variety. Cold, short days and transplant stress can make harvest later than the calendar estimate.

Match the pea type, support and harvest stage

Varieties range from dwarf plants to tall climbers. Put suitable supports in place early so stems can attach as they grow.

Sow small batches in suitable cool-season conditions for a more manageable harvest. Cold, waterlogged soil can delay germination or rot seed; starting in modules can help when the bed is not ready.

Pick regularly at the correct stage. For a small indoor crop, pea shoots are another option, but their short harvest cycle is different from growing plants to pods.

Growing in a container

Choose a dwarf variety and a container with drainage, suitable supports and enough depth to keep roots consistently supplied with water.

Further reading: RHS pea growing guide . General crop guidance; local dates on this site are calculated separately. Source checked 18 September 2026 by Safe to Plant; this is not an expert review.

How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy

Why these dates

Varieties range from dwarf plants to tall climbers. Put suitable supports in place early so stems can attach as they grow.

Check the named variety and local forecast before exposing young growth. The catalog cold-damage figure is a reference, not a guarantee: plant age, acclimatisation, wind and the duration of a freeze affect damage.

This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Peas are timed for direct sowing 6 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Iğdır.

The calendar also applies a soil-warming estimate derived from historical air temperatures. Where that estimate is later than the frost-based date, it delays the window. Soil in your own garden can warm earlier or later; a thermometer at sowing depth is a better final check. Cold, wet conditions can slow germination and increase decay risk.

The median frost-free season here is 199 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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Growing peas in Iğdır

Can I grow peas in Iğdır?

The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. Average daytime highs reach at least 32°C in July, August. Plan establishment and flowering with local heat advice. This screen highlights hot months; it is not a crop-specific damage threshold or a heatwave forecast.

When should I plant peas in Iğdır?

Aim for 6-27 Mar in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 16 Mar - 6 Apr - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.

When might peas be ready to harvest in Iğdır?

The estimated period is 30 Apr - 15 May, based on 55 to 70 days from the modeled planting date. Cultivar, planting material and growing conditions can change this interval; check the plant as well as the calendar.

How much frost will peas tolerate?