When to plant Chinese cabbage in California

In spring, from May 1 – June 15 in Susanville to May 20 – June 1 in Truckee.

In fall, from June 1 – July 15 in South Lake Tahoe to Sept 1 – Nov 1 in Yucca Valley.

USDA's earliest safe spring and latest safe fall planting dates, matched to each place's average frost dates.

Chinese cabbage planting dates by place in California
Place	Spring	Fall
Adelanto	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Agoura Hills	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Alameda	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Albany	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Alhambra	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Aliso Viejo	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
American Canyon	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Anaheim	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Anderson	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Antioch	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Apple Valley	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Arcadia	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Arcata	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Arroyo Grande	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Artesia	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Arvin	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Atascadero	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Atwater	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Auburn	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Avenal	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Azusa	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Bakersfield	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Baldwin Park	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Banning	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Barstow	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Beaumont	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Bell	—	—
Bell Gardens	—	—
Bellflower	—	—
Belmont	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Benicia	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Berkeley	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Beverly Hills	—	—
Blythe	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Brawley	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Brea	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Brentwood	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Buena Park	—	—
Burbank	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Burlingame	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Calabasas	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Calexico	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
California City	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Calimesa	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Camarillo	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Campbell	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Canyon Lake	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Carlsbad	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Carpinteria	—	—
Carson	—	—
Cathedral City	—	—
Ceres	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Cerritos	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Chico	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Chino	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Chino Hills	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Chowchilla	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Chula Vista	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Citrus Heights	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Claremont	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Clayton	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Clearlake	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Clovis	—	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Coachella	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Coalinga	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Colton	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Commerce	—	—
Compton	—	—
Concord	—	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Corcoran	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Corona	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Coronado	—	—
Corte Madera	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Costa Mesa	—	—
Covina	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Cudahy	—	—
Culver City	—	—
Cupertino	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Cypress	—	—
Daly City	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Dana Point	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Danville	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Davis	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Delano	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Desert Hot Springs	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Diamond Bar	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Dinuba	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Dixon	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Downey	—	—
Duarte	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Dublin	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
East Palo Alto	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Eastvale	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
El Cajon	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
El Centro	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
El Cerrito	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
El Monte	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
El Paso de Robles (Paso Robles)	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
El Segundo	—	—
Elk Grove	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Emeryville	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Encinitas	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Escondido	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Eureka	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Exeter	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Fairfield	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Farmersville	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Fillmore	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Folsom	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Fontana	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Fortuna	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Foster City	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Fountain Valley	—	—
Fremont	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Fresno	—	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Fullerton	—	—
Galt	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Garden Grove	—	—
Gardena	—	—
Gilroy	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Glendale	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Glendora	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Goleta	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Grand Terrace	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Grass Valley	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Greenfield	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Grover Beach	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Half Moon Bay	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Hanford	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Hawaiian Gardens	—	—
Hawthorne	—	—
Hayward	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Healdsburg	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Hemet	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Hercules	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Hermosa Beach	—	—
Hesperia	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Highland	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Hillsborough	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Hollister	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Huntington Beach	—	—
Huntington Park	—	—
Imperial	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Imperial Beach	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Indio	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Inglewood	—	—
Irvine	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Jurupa Valley	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Kerman	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
King City	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Kingsburg	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
La Cañada Flintridge	—	—
La Habra	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
La Mesa	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
La Mirada	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
La Palma	—	—
La Puente	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
La Quinta	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
La Verne	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Lafayette	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Laguna Beach	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Laguna Hills	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Laguna Niguel	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Laguna Woods	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Lake Elsinore	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Lake Forest	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Lakewood	—	—
Lancaster	Fall-planted	Aug 1 – Sept 15
Larkspur	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Lathrop	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Lawndale	—	—
Lemon Grove	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Lemoore	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Lincoln	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Lindsay	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Livermore	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Livingston	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Lodi	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Loma Linda	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Lomita	—	—
Lompoc	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Long Beach	—	—
Los Alamitos	—	—
Los Altos	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Los Angeles	—	—
Los Banos	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Los Gatos	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Lynwood	—	—
Madera	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Malibu	—	—
Manhattan Beach	—	—
Manteca	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Marina	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Martinez	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Marysville	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Maywood	—	—
McFarland	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Mendota	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Menifee	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Menlo Park	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Merced	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Mill Valley	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Millbrae	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Milpitas	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Mission Viejo	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Modesto	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Monrovia	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Montclair	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Montebello	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Monterey	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Monterey Park	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Moorpark	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Moraga	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Moreno Valley	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Morgan Hill	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Morro Bay	Fall-planted	—
Mountain View	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Murrieta	Fall-planted	—
Napa	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
National City	—	—
Newark	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Newman	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Newport Beach	—	—
Norco	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Norwalk	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Novato	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Oakdale	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Oakland	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Oakley	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Oceanside	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Ontario	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Orange	—	—
Orinda	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Oroville	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Oxnard	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Pacific Grove	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Pacifica	—	—
Palm Desert	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Palm Springs	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Palmdale	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Palo Alto	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Palos Verdes Estates	—	—
Paramount	—	—
Parlier	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Pasadena	—	—
Patterson	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Perris	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Petaluma	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Pico Rivera	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Piedmont	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Pinole	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Pittsburg	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Placentia	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Placerville	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Pleasant Hill	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Pleasanton	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Pomona	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Port Hueneme	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Porterville	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Poway	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Rancho Cordova	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Rancho Cucamonga	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Rancho Mirage	—	—
Rancho Palos Verdes	—	—
Rancho Santa Margarita	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Red Bluff	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Redding	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Redlands	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Redondo Beach	—	—
Redwood City	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Reedley	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Rialto	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Richmond	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Ridgecrest	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Rio Vista	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Ripon	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Riverbank	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Riverside	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Rocklin	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Rohnert Park	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Rosemead	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Roseville	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Sacramento	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Salinas	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
San Anselmo	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Bernardino	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Bruno	—	—
San Buenaventura (Ventura)	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Carlos	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
San Clemente	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Diego	—	—
San Dimas	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Fernando	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Francisco	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Gabriel	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Jacinto	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
San Jose	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Juan Capistrano	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Leandro	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Luis Obispo	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
San Marcos	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Marino	—	—
San Mateo	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Pablo	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Rafael	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
San Ramon	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Sanger	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Santa Ana	—	—
Santa Barbara	—	—
Santa Clara	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Santa Clarita	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Santa Cruz	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Santa Fe Springs	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Santa Maria	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Santa Monica	—	—
Santa Paula	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Santa Rosa	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Santee	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Saratoga	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Scotts Valley	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Seal Beach	—	—
Seaside	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Selma	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Shafter	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Shasta Lake	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Sierra Madre	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Signal Hill	—	—
Simi Valley	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Solana Beach	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Soledad	Fall-planted	Aug 1 – Sept 15
Sonoma	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
South El Monte	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
South Gate	—	—
South Lake Tahoe	May 20 – June 1	June 1 – July 15
South Pasadena	—	—
South San Francisco	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Stanton	—	—
Stockton	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Suisun City	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Sunnyvale	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Susanville	May 1 – June 15	June 15 – Aug 1
Tehachapi	Fall-planted	Aug 1 – Sept 15
Temecula	Fall-planted	—
Temple City	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Thousand Oaks	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Torrance	—	—
Tracy	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Truckee	May 20 – June 1	June 1 – July 1
Tulare	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Turlock	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Tustin	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Twentynine Palms	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Ukiah	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Union City	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Upland	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Vacaville	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Vallejo	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Victorville	Fall-planted	Aug 15 – Oct 1
Visalia	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Vista	Fall-planted	—
Walnut	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Walnut Creek	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Wasco	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Watsonville	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
West Covina	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
West Hollywood	—	—
West Sacramento	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Westminster	—	—
Whittier	—	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Wildomar	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Windsor	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Oct 15
Woodland	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now
Yorba Linda	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Yuba City	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 15Now
Yucaipa	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Dec 1Now
Yucca Valley	Fall-planted	Sept 1 – Nov 1Now

Planting dates: USDA Home and Garden Bulletin No. 9 (1967), tables 4 and 5. Frost dates: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020. “—” means the place's frost date is outside the table. The full USDA table for chinese cabbage.