Part XV

Seed starting

Give a last frost date and a USDA zone. The folio returns when to start indoors, transplant, or sow outdoors — vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit.

Typical last frost for 6b is the date we filled in. A ridge runs colder than a hollow — treat the week as a window, not a promise. Soil temperature still rules a bean.

Your frost and zone

USDA zoneLast spring frostFirst fall frost

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1 of 109 crops in the folio

Vegetable · Seed

Cabbage

Brassica oleracea var. capitata

Start indoors: Feb 18 – Mar 4
Transplant outdoors: Mar 18 – Apr 1
Sow outdoors: Mar 18 – Apr 1
Start indoors for fall: Jul 9–23
Set out for fall: Aug 6–20

Spring crop goes in with the peas. Fall crop starts in a July tray in light shade.

Start indoors 6–8 weeks before last frost. Transplant 2–4 weeks before last frost.

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