When to Plant Corn salad in Dothan, AL

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule is the USDA zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Dothan can be looked at to determine when it's possible to plant corn salad.


Planting Calendar for Corn salad

Frost tolerance for corn salad: Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant: After all chance of frost has passed.

Corn salad are not cold tolerant which tells us that it is important to wait until it warms up after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

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A good time to plant corn salad
Possibly ok, but a risky time to plant corn salad
Probably not a good time to plant corn salad

The earliest that you can plant corn salad in Dothan 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 fully mature. If you are starting your corn salad indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

In Dothan the average date of last frost happens on March 15. You should expect an average low temperature of 15°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Dothan is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Dothan it frosts late in the year after March 15 be ready to cover your corn salad in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Dothan

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)November 15
Lowest Expected Low15°F
Highest Expected Low20°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 15°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 20°F.

Plants to Grow in Dothan

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