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When to plant garlic in Bălți: 1 October – 20 December

In Bălți, garlic: plant from 1 October to about 20 December.

Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

The date is about two weeks before the average daily temperature here falls below 0 °C (ten years of weather): an estimate, not the day the ground freezes, and a cold spell can freeze it earlier. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS, how the ground freezes (NRC Canada, CBD-26).

Garlic in Bălți: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Bălți from 1 October to about 20 December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in December–February; the coldest, January, averages -4.3 °C.

Planting1 October – 20 December
First autumn frost31 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, -4.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring4 March
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight11:43 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice8:24

The same dates in Bălți hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Bălți: care after planting

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

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

  • 1 October — feed: nitrogen
  • 29 October — 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

Around Bălți, Vinnytsia is 11 days earlier and Chișinău 17 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Chișinău109 km18 October – 29 December17 days later
Kamianets-Podilskyi143 km23 September – 7 December8 days earlier
Chernivtsi159 km21 September – 18 December10 days earlier
Vinnytsia168 km20 September – 2 December11 days earlier
Khmelnytskyi197 km23 September – 30 November8 days earlier
Uman202 km12 October – 6 December11 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Bălți

Planting stock goes into the ground from 1 October to about 20 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Bălți OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant garlic in Bălți?

In Bălți, garlic: plant from 1 October to about 20 December. Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

When is the last spring frost in Bălți?

Last spring frost around 7 April, first autumn frost around 31 October.

Other crops in Bălți, with their dates