One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us determine 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 earliest that you can plant napa cabbage in Livonia can be figured out by looking at the USDA zone info.

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 are very cold tolerant which means that you can get them planted much earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant napa cabbage in Livonia 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 napa cabbage and expect a good harvest is probably September. If you wait any later than that and your napa cabbage may not have a chance to grow to maturity. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your napa cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Livonia. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Livonia 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 Livonia it frosts late in the year after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your napa cabbage in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Livonia

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.

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