When to Plant Corn salad in Corrales, NM

One of the best tools that you have as gardeners to help us estimate 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.

The best time to plant corn salad in Corrales can be estimated by checking out the USDA zone info.


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 the last frost because they are not cold tolerant.

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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 Corrales 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. Starting your corn salad indoors is a great way to get them started a few weeks earlier.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Corrales. You should expect an average low temperature of 5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Since the USDA zone info for Corrales is just an average the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Corrales last frost occurs 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 Corrales

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 Corrales

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