One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You can estimate when it's possible to plant savoy cabbage in Atascadero by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Savoy cabbage

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

You can plant savoy cabbage earlier in the year because they are very cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant savoy cabbage in Atascadero is January. However, you really should wait until February 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 October. Any later than that and your savoy cabbage may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your savoy cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in Atascadero. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Atascadero may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Atascadero you get a frost after February 15 be ready to cover your savoy cabbage in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Atascadero

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

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