When to Plant Corn salad in Scottsbluff, NE

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.

You should be able to figure out when it's possible to plant corn salad by reviewing the USDA zone info for Scottsbluff.


Planting Calendar for Corn salad

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

Corn salad are not cold tolerant which means that it's important to wait until it warms up after the last frost when the weather gets warmer before you can plant them.

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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 Scottsbluff 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 fully mature. If you are starting your corn salad indoors then you might be able to get away with starting them a couple of weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Scottsbluff. You should expect an average low temperature of -20°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Scottsbluff is not always accurate and the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Half of the time in Scottsbluff it frosts late in the year after April 15 so make sure that you are prepared to cover your corn salad in the event of a late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Scottsbluff

Here is the info for USDA Zone 5a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-20°F
Highest Expected Low-15°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 -15°F.

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