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.

The best time to plant corn salad in Paola should be figured out 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.

You can not plant corn salad until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant corn salad in Paola 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. 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 all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Paola. It might get as low as -10°F during the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Paola is just an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Paola it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to protect your corn salad if you have a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Paola

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°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 -5°F.

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