When to Plant Corn salad in Hanover, PA

One of the first steps you take when you are estimating your gardening schedule is find your USDA Zone info. The most important data that the zone info tells us is average last frost and the lowest expected temperature for your area.

The USDA zone info for Hanover can be reffered to in order to determine when to plant corn salad.


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.

You really shouldn't plant corn salad until after all chance of frost has passed because they do not do well in cold weather.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 Hanover 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 grow to maturity. You can get started a few weeks earlier by starting your corn salad indoors.

Last Frost Date

On average all chance of frost has passed is on April 15 in Hanover. You should expect an average low temperature of -5°F in the coldest months of winter.

Remember that USDA zone info for Hanover is just an average and the actual date of last frost will vary from year to year. Half of the time in Hanover there is a last frost after April 15 so be sure to be ready to protect your corn salad in the event of a surprise late frost.

USDA Zone Info for Hanover

Here is the info for USDA Zone 6b.

Average Date of Last Frost (spring)April 15
Average Date of First Frost (fall)October 15
Lowest Expected Low-5°F
Highest Expected Low0°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 0°F.

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