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When to Plant Bok Choy in Zone 3

In USDA zone 3, start seeds indoors around May 2, transplant or plant outdoors May 16 to July 5, and expect your first harvest around July 5. Zone 3 also has a fall planting window opening around July 9.

Bok Choy planting calendar for USDA Zone 3

spring planting

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Start seeds indoors

May 2

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Transplant outdoors

May 16

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Projected first harvest

Jul 5

fall planting

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Direct sow

Jul 9

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Projected first harvest

Aug 28

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spring planting

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🌱 Start indoors🌿 Growing outside🌾 HarvestTodayZone 3a — approximate

Bok Choy is ready to harvest in about 50 days. Dates use USDA zone 3a average frost dates. Set your ZIP in HomeSown for dates tuned to your exact location.

What zone 3 means for bok choy

Average last spring frost

May 30

Average first fall frost

September 10

Those two dates are what set the schedule above. Zone 3 gives you roughly 103 frost-free days, and bok choy need about 50 days to mature.

Varieties to grow

1 variety of bok choy in the HomeSown library. Tap any for its full grow guide.

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