Before planting it is a good idea to find your USDA Zone info to figure out your garden schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

You should be able to figure out when you can plant corn salad by checking out the USDA zone info for Erwin.

Planting Calendar for Corn salad

Frost tolerance for corn salad:	Not tolerant of frost.
When to plant:	After all chance of frost has passed.

It's probably a bad idea to 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 Erwin 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 few weeks earlier by starting your corn salad indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on March 15 in Erwin. In the coldest months of winter you should expect an average low temperature of 10°F.

It's important to remember that USDA zone info for Erwin is just an average and the actual date of last frost changes from year to year. Half of the time in Erwin you get a frost after March 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your corn salad in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Erwin

Here is the info for USDA Zone 8a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	March 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	November 15
Lowest Expected Low	10°F
Highest Expected Low	15°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 15°F.

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