When to Plant Napa cabbage in Seguin, TX

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 Seguin should be reviewed to estimate when you can plant napa cabbage.


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 are one of those plants that can tolerate quite a bit of cold weather which tells us that you can get them planted much earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

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

The earliest that you can plant napa cabbage in Seguin 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. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your napa cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Seguin. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Seguin is just an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Seguin it frosts late in the year after March 15 so always be ready to protect your napa cabbage in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Seguin

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)November 15
Lowest Expected Low15°F
Highest Expected Low20°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 20°F.

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