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When to plant garlic in Ambato

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April.

Garlic in Ambato: soil, season and weather

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 8.1 °C.

Planting1 April
Coldest nightsAugust, 8.1 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight12:06 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice12:03

Garlic in Ambato: care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

  • 1 April — feed: nitrogen
  • 29 April — feed: nitrogen

Pests and diseases of garlic to watch for:

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

Garlic in nearby cities

6 of the nearest cities share Ambato's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Riobamba47 km1 April – end of Junesame day
Quito120 km1 Aprilsame day
Santo Domingo (Ecuador)127 km1 Aprilsame day
Guayaquil177 km1 Aprilsame day
Cuenca188 km1 Aprilsame day
Manta236 km1 Aprilsame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Ambato

Within 15 km of Ambato OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 30 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.