One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule is the 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.

You can determine when you can plant red cabbage in Perry by checking out the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Red cabbage

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

Red cabbage are very cold tolerant which means that you can get them planted much earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant red cabbage in Perry 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 red cabbage and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your red cabbage may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your red cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on March 15 in Perry. It might get as low as 15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Perry is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Perry you get a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your red cabbage if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Perry

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 Low	15°F
Highest Expected Low	20°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.

Plants to Grow in Perry

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