When to Plant Napa cabbage in Breaux Bridge, LA

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us determine your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of estimating when it's possible to plant napa cabbage is to look at the USDA zone info for Breaux Bridge.


Planting Calendar for Napa cabbage

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

Napa cabbage do well in cold weather which means that you can plant them much earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

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

The earliest that you can plant napa cabbage in Breaux Bridge 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 napa cabbage and expect a good harvest is probably October. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your napa cabbage may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your napa cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on February 15 in Breaux Bridge. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 20°F.

Always keep in mind that USDA zone info for Breaux Bridge is an average and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Breaux Bridge you get surprised by a frost after February 15 be ready to cover your napa cabbage in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Breaux Bridge

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 Low20°F
Highest Expected Low25°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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