One of the first steps you take when you are getting a good idea your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

A common way of determining when it's the best time to plant corn salad is to check out the USDA zone info for Xenia.

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 all chance of frost has passed because they are not cold tolerant.

The earliest that you can plant corn salad in Xenia 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 fully mature. You can get started a couple of weeks earlier by starting your corn salad indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average the last frost has passed is on April 15 in Xenia. In the coldest months of winter you can expect an average low temperature of -10°F.

Since the USDA zone info for Xenia is an average the actual date of last frost can change quite a bit from year to year. Since half of the time in Xenia there is a last frost after April 15 be ready to protect your corn salad if you have one of those late frosts.

USDA Zone Info for Xenia

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6a.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)	April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)	October 15
Lowest Expected Low	-10°F
Highest Expected Low	-5°F

This means that on a really cold year, the coldest it will get is -10°F. On most years you should be prepared to experience lows near -5°F.

Plants to Grow in Xenia

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