Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to determine your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Schenectady should be reffered to in order to estimate when it's possible to plant bok choi.

Planting Calendar for Bok Choi

Frost tolerance for bok choi:	Tolerant of some frost.
When to plant:	Up to 5 weeks before last frost.

You can plant bok choi a bit earlier in the year because they are moderately cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant bok choi in Schenectady 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 bok choi and expect a good harvest is probably September. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your bok choi may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your bok choi indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Schenectady. It might get as low as -15°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Schenectady is not always accurate the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Schenectady you get a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your bok choi if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Schenectady

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5b.

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

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -10°F.

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