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When to plant garlic in Bengaluru

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 October.

Garlic in Bengaluru: 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 October. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 15.8 °C.

Planting1 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, 15.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight12:01 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice11:22

Garlic in Bengaluru: 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

6 of the nearest cities share Bengaluru's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Chennai291 km1 Octobersame day
Hyderabad501 km1 Octobersame day
Pune735 km1 Octobersame day
Mumbai845 km1 Octobersame day
Ahmedabad1,237 km1 Octobersame day
Kolkata1,561 km1 Octobersame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Bengaluru

Within 15 km of Bengaluru OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 10 plant nurseries, 39 markets and 15 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.