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.

In Elkton you can determine when you can plant savoy cabbage by checking out 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.

Since savoy cabbage do well in cold you can plant them much earlier in the year than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant savoy cabbage in Elkton 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 really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your savoy cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Elkton. It might get as low as 0°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Elkton is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Elkton it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your savoy cabbage if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Elkton

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

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