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.

In Los Lunas you can estimate when it's possible to plant corn salad by using 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 when the weather gets warmer.

It's probably a bad idea to plant corn salad until after the last frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

The earliest that you can plant corn salad in Los Lunas 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. Any later than that and your corn salad may not have a chance to really do well. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your corn salad indoors.

Last Frost Date

The average date of last frost is April 15 in Los Lunas. You can expect an average low temperature of 0°F in the coldest months of winter.

Just be sure to remember that USDA zone info for Los Lunas is an average and the actual date of last frost is different every year. Since half of the time in Los Lunas last frost occurs after April 15 be ready to cover your corn salad if you have a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Los Lunas

Here is the info for USDA Zone 7a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	0°F
Highest Expected Low	5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is 0°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near 5°F.

Plants to Grow in Los Lunas

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