One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Cupertino you can figure out when it's possible to plant savoy cabbage by using 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 quite a bit earlier in the year because they do well in cold.

The earliest that you can plant savoy cabbage in Cupertino 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 grow to maturity. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your savoy cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in Cupertino. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

Remember that the actual date of last frost is an average because it is based on the USDA zone info for Cupertino and it is different every year. Since half of the time in Cupertino you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to protect your savoy cabbage if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Cupertino

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

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