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.

The first opportunity to plant corn salad in Kannapolis can be figured out by reviewing 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.

It's probably a bad idea to plant corn salad until after the last frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant corn salad in Kannapolis 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. You probably don't want to wait any later than that or else your corn salad may not have a chance to grow to maturity. 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 Kannapolis. It might get as low as 5°F during the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Kannapolis may not be accurate from year to year the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Kannapolis you get surprised by a frost after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your corn salad in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Kannapolis

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 Low	5°F
Highest Expected Low	10°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.

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