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When to Plant Bok Choy in Zone 4

In USDA zone 4, start seeds indoors around April 17, transplant or plant outdoors May 1 to June 20, and expect your first harvest around June 20. Zone 4 also has a fall planting window opening around July 19.

Bok Choy planting calendar for USDA Zone 4

spring planting

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Start seeds indoors

Apr 17

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Transplant outdoors

May 1

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Projected first harvest

Jun 20

fall planting

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Direct sow

Jul 19

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Projected first harvest

Sep 7

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spring planting

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🌱 Start indoors🌿 Growing outside🌾 HarvestTodayZone 4a — approximate

Bok Choy is ready to harvest in about 50 days. Dates use USDA zone 4a average frost dates. Set your ZIP in HomeSown for dates tuned to your exact location.

What zone 4 means for bok choy

Average last spring frost

May 15

Average first fall frost

September 20

Those two dates are what set the schedule above. Zone 4 gives you roughly 128 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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