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When to Plant Napa Cabbage

Plant napa cabbage by your frost dates, not the calendar: start seeds indoors about 7 weeks before your last spring frost, then plant outdoors about 2 weeks before your last frost. Pick your USDA zone below for exact dates.

Napa Cabbage planting calendar

spring planting

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Start seeds indoors

Feb 25

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Transplant outdoors

Apr 1

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Projected first harvest

Jun 15

fall planting

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Start seeds indoors

Jul 7

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Transplant outdoors

Aug 11

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Projected first harvest

Oct 25

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🌱 Start indoors🌿 Growing outside🌾 HarvestTodayZone 7a — approximate

Napa Cabbage is ready to harvest in about 75 days. Dates above use zone 7 as a reference point. Pick your zone below, or set your ZIP in HomeSown for dates tuned to your exact location.

Varieties to grow

1 variety of napa cabbage in the HomeSown library. Tap any for its full grow guide.

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