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

It's a good idea to estimate when it's possible to plant corn salad by checking out the USDA zone info for Roanoke Rapids.

Planting Calendar for Corn salad

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

Since corn salad do not do well in cold weather you really should wait until after all chance of frost has passed before you can plant them.

The earliest that you can plant corn salad in Roanoke Rapids 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. Starting your corn salad indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

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

Since the USDA zone info for Roanoke Rapids is just an average the actual date of last frost is different every year. Half of the time in Roanoke Rapids there is a last frost after April 15 so just be sure to be ready to cover your corn salad in the event of one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Roanoke Rapids

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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