One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

In Lakeland you can determine when you can plant corn salad by looking at 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 when the weather gets warmer.

Since corn salad are not cold tolerant you need to wait until after the last frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant corn salad in Lakeland is March. However, you really should wait until April 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 September. If you wait any later than that and your corn salad may not have a chance to fully mature. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your corn salad indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost is on February 15 in Lakeland. It might get as low as 25°F during the coldest months of winter.

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

USDA Zone Info for Lakeland

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	25°F
Highest Expected Low	30°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 25°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 30°F.

Plants to Grow in Lakeland

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