Napa Cabbage
vegetable
Also called Chinese cabbage. Bolts quickly in long days — best planted for fall harvest. Crisp and mild. Harvest the whole head or take outer leaves.
At a glance
- USDA Zones
- 3–10
- Sun
- Full sun (6+ hrs)
- Water
- Medium — water when top inch of soil is dry
- Soil
- Loam
- pH
- Neutral
- Spacing
- 12 in. between plants
- Per square foot
- 1 plant per square
- Days to maturity
- About 70 days
Planting & harvest windows
Northern Hemisphere timing. Adjust ±4–6 weeks based on your last/first frost dates.
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Plant Harvest
Good companions
Keep apart from
Recommended varieties
- Michihili70 daysseed
Tall barrel-type with tightly wrapped pale-green leaves.
- Blues57 daysseed
Compact, disease-resistant — excellent fall variety.
- Minuet68 daysseed
Small mini heads — space-efficient for raised beds.
Add Napa Cabbage to your raised bed — the planner handles spacing and companion warnings automatically.
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