Sugar snap pea · Al Hoceïma, Tanger-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco
When to plant sugar snap peas in Al Hoceïma
Main outdoor window
not outdoors here
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
no spring frost
In Al Hoceïma, on your chosen risk.
First autumn frost
no autumn frost
The far end of the outdoor season.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Al Hoceïma
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.
Sugar snap peas through the year
Against the frost risk in Al Hoceïma
Why these dates
Sow five weeks before the last frost with support in place from the start. Heat ends the crop, so an early sowing matters more than a large one.
Hardy to about -6C as a plant. Peas germinate in soil at 7C, which is usually weeks before the last frost date.
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. Sugar snap peas are timed for direct sowing 5 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for Al Hoceïma.
Also in Al Hoceïma
Other vegetables to time
Growing sugar snap peas in Al Hoceïma
How much frost will sugar snap peas tolerate?
Hardy to about -6C as a plant. Peas germinate in soil at 7C, which is usually weeks before the last frost date.