When to Plant Corn salad in Wauchula, FL

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 Wauchula you can estimate when it's a good idea to plant corn salad by checking out 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 has passed.

Since corn salad require warm weather you have to wait until after the last frost before you can plant them.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 Wauchula 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. Any later than that and your corn salad may not have a chance to really do well. If you are starting your corn salad indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a little bit earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Wauchula is an average the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Wauchula you get a frost after February 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your corn salad in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Wauchula

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 Low25°F
Highest Expected Low30°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.

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