One of the first steps you take when you are determining your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

In Calera you can estimate when you can plant corn salad by referring to the USDA zone info.

Planting Calendar for Corn salad

Frost tolerance for corn salad:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After the last frost.

Corn salad do not do well in cold weather which means that it's important to wait until it warms up after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant corn salad in Calera is April. However, you really should wait until May if you don't want to take any chances.

The last month that you can plant corn salad and expect a good harvest is probably August. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your corn salad may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your corn salad indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Calera. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Calera is just an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Calera you get a frost after March 15 be ready to protect your corn salad in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Calera

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 15°F.

Plants to Grow in Calera

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