One of the first steps you take when you are determining 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.

The first chance to plant napa cabbage in Hamlet can be estimated 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 do well in cold which tells us that you can plant them a quite a bit earlier than plants that are more sensitive to the cold.

The earliest that you can plant napa cabbage in Hamlet 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. Any later than that and your napa cabbage may not have a chance to fully mature. 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 Hamlet. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Hamlet is an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Hamlet it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your napa cabbage if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Hamlet

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

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

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

Plants to Grow in Hamlet

You may be interested in your other planting guides for Hamlet.