Cabbage · 'Ākra, Nineveh, Iraq
When to plant cabbages in 'Ākra
Main outdoor window
4-25 Feb
A climate estimate. Check your soil, forecast and cultivar.
Timed from last spring frost
25 February
In 'Ākra, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
15 Apr - 15 May
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in 'Ākra
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Import into Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. Dates use the selected risk level and are planning estimates, not frost alerts.
Each window is a planning range. Check the forecast, soil and cultivar before planting; a later date is not automatically safer in hot or wet conditions.
Start indoors
31 Dec - 21 Jan
Eight weeks before your last frost, under cover or on a windowsill.
Sow for overwintering
31 Jul - 21 Aug
Counting back 114 days from your first frost so the crop matures in time.
Plant out
4-25 Feb
Three weeks before your last frost.
Harvest
15 Apr - 15 May
Cabbages through the year
Against the frost risk in 'Ākra
Seasonal context
Rainfall and the growing season in 'Ākra
March has the highest average precipitation (58 mm); July has the lowest (2 mm). Compare this pattern with the planting windows and your water supply.
During wetter months, check that beds and containers drain after heavy rain. During drier months, plan how you will keep seeds and new transplants watered. Monthly averages can hide long dry spells and intense storms; they do not show soil moisture, humidity or this week's weather.
Source: NASA POWER, corrected MERRA-2 precipitation, 2001–2020. Values are approximate monthly totals, including the water equivalent of snow, from the nearest 0.5° × 0.625° grid cell. This reference period differs from the temperature record. Rainfall provides context and does not change the calculated planting dates. Method and limitations.
Monthly growing conditions in 'Ākra
Compare the planting window with the local temperature pattern. These are historical monthly averages, not this year's forecast or measured soil temperatures. Average frost days do not tell you whether a particular night will freeze.
| Month | Average low | Average high | Frost days |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.5°C (34.6°F)34.6°F (1.5°C) | 11.9°C (53.4°F)53.4°F (11.9°C) | 9.0 |
| February | 2.4°C (36.3°F)36.3°F (2.4°C) | 14°C (57.2°F)57.2°F (14°C) | 6.4 |
| March | 6°C (42.8°F)42.8°F (6°C) | 18.7°C (65.7°F)65.7°F (18.7°C) | 1.1 |
| April | 11°C (51.7°F)51.7°F (11°C) | 25.1°C (77.2°F)77.2°F (25.1°C) | 0.1 |
| May | 16.8°C (62.2°F)62.2°F (16.8°C) | 32.2°C (89.9°F)89.9°F (32.2°C) | 0.0 |
| June | 22.7°C (72.9°F)72.9°F (22.7°C) | 39.4°C (103°F)103°F (39.4°C) | 0.0 |
| July | 26.7°C (80°F)80°F (26.7°C) | 43°C (109.5°F)109.5°F (43°C) | 0.0 |
| August | 26.6°C (79.8°F)79.8°F (26.6°C) | 42.6°C (108.8°F)108.8°F (42.6°C) | 0.0 |
| September | 22°C (71.7°F)71.7°F (22°C) | 37.3°C (99.2°F)99.2°F (37.3°C) | 0.0 |
| October | 16.2°C (61.1°F)61.1°F (16.2°C) | 29.8°C (85.6°F)85.6°F (29.8°C) | 0.0 |
| November | 8.4°C (47.1°F)47.1°F (8.4°C) | 20.2°C (68.3°F)68.3°F (20.2°C) | 0.6 |
| December | 3.7°C (38.6°F)38.6°F (3.7°C) | 14.2°C (57.6°F)57.6°F (14.2°C) | 4.6 |
For cabbages, also check drainage, sunlight and cultivar requirements. See the rainfall context above; humidity, irrigation and local pest pressure are not calculated.
Local growing check
Before choosing cabbages for 'Ākra
- March is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 58 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.
The temperature and rainfall tables on this page show the underlying climate estimates. How these suitability checks work · Record what happens in your garden.
Before you plant cabbages
Use the calendar to plan ahead, then check the conditions in your own garden.
- Measure the soil at sowing depth. Aim for at least 7°C (44.6°F); the calendar estimates soil warmth from air temperatures and cannot measure your bed.
- Frost tolerance does not make saturated or frozen soil suitable for planting. Wait until the bed can be worked without smearing or compacting it.
- Harden off plants raised indoors: gradually expose them to outdoor light, wind and temperature before their final move into the bed.
- Use the maturity range on your seed packet when choosing a variety. Cold, short days and transplant stress can make harvest later than the calendar estimate.
Choose the cabbage season before choosing the date
Decide whether you want small fresh heads or large storage heads. This affects spacing, time in the bed and the number of plants worth growing.
Transplant healthy plants into firm, fertile ground with drainage. Check young growth for caterpillars and inspect any protective netting so that pests are not trapped inside with the plants.
Cut firm heads when ready rather than leaving every plant until the same date. Record splitting or weather damage so that next season's batch size matches the rate you can use the crop.
Growing in a container
Choose a small-heading cultivar and give each plant its recommended spacing. A cabbage is not a cut-and-come-again salad simply because its young leaves fit in a small pot.
What to record this season
Did the intended harvest season match the variety, and did the heads split? Add the cultivar, sowing date and conditions to your growing record so you can compare next season.
Further reading: RHS cabbages growing guide . General crop guidance; local dates on this site are calculated separately. Source checked 19 September 2026 by Safe to Plant; this is not an expert review.
The RHS guide is written for UK growing conditions. Use its cultivation advice with local cultivar and seasonal guidance; its calendar months are not worldwide recommendations.
How the dates are calculated and their limits · Keep a growing record · Report a local discrepancy
Why these dates
Decide whether you want small fresh heads or large storage heads. This affects spacing, time in the bed and the number of plants worth growing.
Cold tolerance varies with cultivar, plant age, acclimatisation and the duration of a freeze. A plant surviving frost does not mean its leaves, heads, flowers or developing crop will remain undamaged. Check the forecast and the variety's local advice.
This calendar uses frost-relative offsets as a starting point. Cabbages are timed from 8 weeks before that frost for an indoor start, with planting out 3 weeks before it, and this page simply resolves those offsets against the frost date computed for 'Ākra.
The median frost-free season here is 291 days, against 70 to 100 days to maturity for this crop counted from planting out. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
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Growing cabbages in 'Ākra
Can I grow cabbages in 'Ākra?
The calendar estimates a planting window, not a guarantee of success. March is the wettest month in the rainfall grid, averaging about 58 mm. Check how your own bed drains and plan watering around actual soil moisture; monthly rain totals are not an irrigation schedule.
When should I plant cabbages in 'Ākra?
Aim for 4-25 Feb in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 5-26 Mar - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When might cabbages be ready to harvest in 'Ākra?
The estimated period is 15 Apr - 15 May, based on 70 to 100 days from the modeled planting date. Cultivar, planting material and growing conditions can change this interval; check the plant as well as the calendar.
How much frost will cabbages tolerate?
Cold tolerance varies with cultivar, plant age, acclimatisation and the duration of a freeze. A plant surviving frost does not mean its leaves, heads, flowers or developing crop will remain undamaged. Check the forecast and the variety's local advice.