When to Plant Corn salad in Holly Springs, MS

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us figure out your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

By checking out the USDA zone info for Holly Springs it's a good idea to figure out when you can plant corn salad.


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 really shouldn't plant corn salad until after the last frost because they do not do well in cold weather.

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 Holly Springs 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. If you wait any later than that and your corn salad may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a little bit earlier by starting your corn salad indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Holly Springs. You can expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Keep in mind that USDA zone info for Holly Springs is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Since half of the time in Holly Springs it frosts late in the year after April 15 be ready to cover your corn salad if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Holly Springs

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low5°F
Highest Expected Low10°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 5°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 10°F.

Plants to Grow in Holly Springs

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