When to Plant Corn salad in Mcminnville, TN

The USDA Zone info is a great tool for gardeners to help us estimate your gardening schedule. The zone info helps tell us things like average date of last frost and lowest expected temperature for your area.

The first opportunity to plant corn salad in Mcminnville should be estimated by looking at 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.

You really shouldn't plant corn salad until after all chance of frost has passed because they require warm 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 Mcminnville 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 few weeks earlier by starting your corn salad indoors.

Last Frost Date

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

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

USDA Zone Info for Mcminnville

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 Low0°F
Highest Expected Low5°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.

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