When to plant garlic in Alice Springs: by 7 May

Garlic in Alice Springs: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 6.7 °C.

Garlic in Alice Springs: care after planting

Planted on 7 May: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

• 7 May — feed: nitrogen
• 4 June — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of garlic to watch for:

• Onion fly
• Bacterial soft rot
• Downy Mildew
• Rust
• White mould (Sclerotinia)

Dates count from the first planting day of the window above; a later planting moves them by as many days.

Garlic in nearby cities

All the nearest cities on our list plant garlic earlier than Alice Springs; the closest date is in Darwin, 36 days earlier.

Where to buy garlic for planting in Alice Springs

Planting stock goes into the ground by 7 May; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Alice Springs OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre (collected 28 October 2026).

• Alice Springs Nursery — garden centre
  6 km

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant garlic in Alice Springs?

In Alice Springs, garlic: plant by 7 May. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

When is the last spring frost in Alice Springs?

Last spring frost around 4 July, first autumn frost around 6 June.

Other crops in Alice Springs, with their dates

• Tomato · 12 July – 14 February
• Cucumber · 27 July – 21 March
• Bell Pepper · 27 July – 14 February
• Eggplant · 27 July – 14 February
• Zucchini · 27 July – 19 March
• Pumpkin · 27 July – 9 February
• Watermelon · 27 July – 25 February
• Peas · 13 June – 23 March