When to Plant Savoy cabbage in Glennville, GA

One of the first steps you take when you are figuring out your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

A way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant savoy cabbage is to examine the USDA zone info for Glennville.


Planting Calendar for Savoy cabbage

Frost tolerance for savoy cabbage: Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant: Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

Savoy cabbage are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather which tells us that you can get them planted much earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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A good time to plant savoy cabbage
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant savoy cabbage
Probably not a good time to plant savoy cabbage

The earliest that you can plant savoy cabbage in Glennville is February. However, you really should wait until March if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant savoy cabbage and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your savoy cabbage may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your savoy cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on March 15 in Glennville. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Glennville is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Glennville last frost occurs after March 15 be ready to cover your savoy cabbage in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Glennville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)November 15
Lowest Expected Low15°F
Highest Expected Low20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

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