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The growing library

When to plant
chinese heading cabbage.

A heading cabbage group including Napa types.

TransplantReviewed
01 / Right crop, right place

Where the timing comes from

Choose the region that actually covers your garden. These source references are not a nationwide planting calendar.

Published regional calendar

Central North Carolina

Use the Central North Carolina calendar, with its separate establishment methods. This is not a calendar for every part of North Carolina.

Published crop row
Cabbage, Chinese
Published regional calendar

Florida

Use the Florida calendar for your specific subregion. Planting months are not interchangeable across the state.

Published crop row
Chinese cabbage
Reviewed Florida rows
North · Central · South

Grouped source row: the calendar covers more than one crop type. It does not establish a separate cultivar-specific schedule.

Outside these regions? Use your local Extension planting guidance. A nearby weather station describes climate; it does not establish whether or when to plant this crop.

02 / Know when the clock starts

How long until harvest?

These ranges start at different stages. Keep the method, region, and crop type attached to every number.

Central North Carolina
45–55days

From transplanting

Count from setting out transplants. The earlier nursery period is excluded.

Source crop: Cabbage, ChineseRead source
Central North Carolina
75–85days

From direct sowing

Count from seed sown directly in the garden.

Source crop: Cabbage, ChineseRead source

A transplant has a head start. Days counted from transplanting leave out time spent raising the seedling. Use a separate seed-starting reference if you plan to raise your own plants.

03 / Before you plant

The details that matter

Brassicaceae

Plan for chinese heading cabbage

  • Days from transplanting exclude the seedling nursery period; harden off plants before setting them out.

Maturity references vary with cultivar, harvest size, weather, and establishment method. Keep your seed packet or transplant label alongside the regional calendar.

Soil temperature

No verified value
in this guide.

We have not assigned a germination minimum for chinese heading cabbage. Use crop-specific local guidance for your planting material and method.

Open evidence

Follow the sources.

Selected source facts reviewed . This is our review date, not the sources’ publication date.

How we use the data
  1. NC State Extension · Central North Carolina Planting Calendar
  2. UF/IFAS Extension · Florida Vegetable Gardening Guide