One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out 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.

The first opportunity to plant savoy cabbage in Jasper can be estimated 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.

Savoy cabbage do ok in quite a bit of cold which tells us that you can plant them earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

The earliest that you can plant savoy cabbage in Jasper 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. If you wait any later than that and your savoy cabbage may not have a chance to grow to maturity. If you are starting your savoy cabbage indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Jasper. You can expect an average low temperature of -10°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Jasper may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Jasper it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your savoy cabbage in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Jasper

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

Plants to Grow in Jasper

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