One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea 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 should be able to estimate when it's possible to plant napa cabbage by using the USDA zone info for New Roads.

Planting Calendar for Napa cabbage

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

You can plant napa cabbage a lot earlier in the year because they are very cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant napa cabbage in New Roads 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. If you wait any later than that and your napa cabbage may not have a chance to really do well. Starting your napa cabbage indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is February 15 in New Roads. You should expect an average low temperature of 20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for New Roads may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in New Roads it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to protect your napa cabbage in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for New Roads

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.

Plants to Grow in New Roads

You may be interested in your other planting guides for New Roads.