When to Plant Savoy cabbage in Souderton, PA

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.

You can figure out when you can plant savoy cabbage in Souderton by referring to 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 are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather you can plant them much earlier in the year than more sensitive plants.

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A good time to plant savoy cabbage
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant savoy cabbage
Probably not a good time to plant savoy cabbage

The earliest that you can plant savoy cabbage in Souderton 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 grow to maturity. If you are starting your savoy cabbage indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Souderton. It might get as low as -5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Souderton is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Souderton it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your savoy cabbage in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Souderton

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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