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.

One way of making a decision about when it's possible to plant corn salad is to consult the USDA zone info for New Iberia.

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.

You can not plant corn salad until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant corn salad in New Iberia 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. 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 couple of weeks earlier by starting your corn salad indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on February 15 in New Iberia. It might get as low as 20°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for New Iberia may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in New Iberia it frosts late in the year after February 15 be ready to cover your corn salad in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for New Iberia

Here is the info for USDA Zone 9a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	February 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	December 15
Lowest Expected Low	20°F
Highest Expected Low	25°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 20°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 25°F.

Plants to Grow in New Iberia

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