One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

One way of estimating when you can plant red cabbage is to look at the USDA zone info for Spanish Fork.

Planting Calendar for Red cabbage

Frost tolerance for red cabbage:	Very tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	Up to 7 weeks before last frost.

You can plant red cabbage quite a bit earlier in the year because they do well in cold.

The earliest that you can plant red cabbage in Spanish Fork 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 red cabbage and expect a good harvest is probably September. Any later than that and your red cabbage may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your red cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Spanish Fork. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of -5°F.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Spanish Fork may not be accurate from year to year and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Since half of the time in Spanish Fork you get a frost after April 15 be ready to cover your red cabbage in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Spanish Fork

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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