When to Plant Napa cabbage in Doylestown, PA

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.

The best time to plant napa cabbage in Doylestown should be estimated by checking out the USDA zone info.

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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 tend to make it in cold weather which tells us that you can plant them quite a bit earlier in the year than other frost tender plants.

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A good time to plant napa cabbage
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The earliest that you can plant napa cabbage in Doylestown 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 really do well. If you are starting your napa cabbage indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Doylestown. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Doylestown is an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Doylestown it frosts late in the year after April 15 so always be ready to protect your napa cabbage if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Doylestown

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-5°F
Highest Expected Low0°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 0°F.

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