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.

You can estimate when it's possible to plant savoy cabbage in Dodgeville by looking at 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.

Savoy cabbage do well in cold which means that you can plant them much earlier than other plants that might not handle the cold.

The earliest that you can plant savoy cabbage in Dodgeville 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 really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your savoy cabbage indoors.

Last Frost Date

In Dodgeville the average date of last frost happens on April 15. You can expect an average low temperature of -20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Dodgeville is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Dodgeville it frosts late in the year after April 15 so always be ready to cover your savoy cabbage in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Dodgeville

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-20°F
Highest Expected Low	-15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -15°F.

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