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When to Plant Bok Choy in Zone 6

In USDA zone 6, start seeds indoors around March 28, transplant or plant outdoors April 11 to May 31, and expect your first harvest around May 31. Zone 6 also has a fall planting window opening around August 8.

Bok Choy planting calendar for USDA Zone 6

spring planting

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Start seeds indoors

Mar 28

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Transplant outdoors

Apr 11

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Projected first harvest

May 31

fall planting

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Direct sow

Aug 8

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Projected first harvest

Sep 27

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spring planting

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🌱 Start indoors🌿 Growing outside🌾 HarvestTodayZone 6a — approximate

Bok Choy is ready to harvest in about 50 days. Dates use USDA zone 6a average frost dates. Set your ZIP in HomeSown for dates tuned to your exact location.

What zone 6 means for bok choy

Average last spring frost

April 25

Average first fall frost

October 10

Those two dates are what set the schedule above. Zone 6 gives you roughly 168 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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