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

You can estimate when it's possible to plant napa cabbage in Central Falls by referring to 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 ok in cold weather which means that you can plant them a lot earlier in the year than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant napa cabbage in Central Falls 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 little bit earlier by starting your napa cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost when the weather gets warmer is on April 15 in Central Falls. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Central Falls is an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Central Falls it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to protect your napa cabbage if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Central Falls

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 Low	0°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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