Crop dates by place

Cabbage Planting Dates by State and Region

Published cabbage planting windows for 18 places, with the source and the caveats you need before you use them.

Across the 9 places in this data set, the planting window begins as early as Feb 1 (Arkansas) and as late as Sep 1 (North Florida). The middle of the range starts around May 1.

Cabbage windows by place
Place	Planting	Harvest
Arkansas	Planting: February - April (spring/summer crop)
Central Florida	Planting: outdoor planting Sept–Feb
Central Illinois	Transplanting: April 10 to July 15 (Fall crop)
Central North Carolina	Transplanting: early Feb to mid Apr; mid Jul to mid Sep (transplants)
Central Oregon	Start indoors: March (seed flats indoors or in greenhouse)
Columbia and Snake River valleys, Oregon	Planting: April
Eastern North Carolina	Transplanting: early Feb to mid Apr; mid Jul to mid Sep (transplants)
Maricopa County, Arizona	Planting: early Jan to mid Jan; mid Aug to end of Dec (seed); Transplanting: early Jan to end of Jan; mid Sep to end of Dec (transplants)
New Hampshire	Start indoors: start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before setting out; Transplanting: transplant 4 weeks before last frost
North Florida	Planting: outdoor planting Sept–Feb
Northern Illinois	Transplanting: April 24 to July 30
Oregon Coast	Planting: April
South Florida	Planting: outdoor planting Sept–Jan
Southern Illinois	Transplanting: March 18 to July 30
Utah	Planting: fall harvest planting May 1 to July 15
Western North Carolina	Transplanting: early Mar to mid Apr; early Jul to mid Aug (transplants)
Western Oregon	Planting: August (fall crop)
Western valleys (Portland, Roseburg, Medford), Oregon	Planting: April

Calendar view

Cabbage calendar by place
Item	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Arkansas planting		Planting window in February	Planting window in March	Planting window in April
Central Florida planting	Planting window in January	Planting window in February							Planting window in September	Planting window in October	Planting window in November	Planting window in December
Central Illinois transplanting				Transplanting window in April	Transplanting window in May	Transplanting window in June	Transplanting window in July
Central North Carolina transplanting	Timing in table above
Central Oregon start indoors			Start indoors window in March
Columbia and Snake River valleys, Oregon planting				Planting window in April
Eastern North Carolina transplanting	Timing in table above
Maricopa County, Arizona planting	Timing in table above
Maricopa County, Arizona transplanting	Timing in table above
New Hampshire start indoors	Timing in table above
New Hampshire transplanting	Timing in table above
North Florida planting	Planting window in January	Planting window in February							Planting window in September	Planting window in October	Planting window in November	Planting window in December
Northern Illinois transplanting				Transplanting window in April	Transplanting window in May	Transplanting window in June	Transplanting window in July
Oregon Coast planting				Planting window in April
South Florida planting	Planting window in January								Planting window in September	Planting window in October	Planting window in November	Planting window in December
Southern Illinois transplanting			Transplanting window in March	Transplanting window in April	Transplanting window in May	Transplanting window in June	Transplanting window in July
Utah planting					Planting window in May	Planting window in June	Planting window in July
Western North Carolina transplanting	Timing in table above
Western Oregon planting								Planting window in August
Western valleys (Portland, Roseburg, Medford), Oregon planting				Planting window in April

Frost-date caveat: ranges blur real differences inside a state or region. Use them to plan, then fit them to your last frost date, soil temperature and field conditions.

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Last reviewed: November 2026. Source: Arkansas Extension - Spring and Summer Vegetable Planting Dates.