When to plant garlic in Bochum: 21 October – end of December

In Bochum, garlic: plant from 21 October to the end of December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Greenbase Gathmann (farm supply, 5 km) and Horn 21 (farm supply, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

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 average daily temperature here stays above 0 °C all winter, and at least two months average 10 °C or less: the cold garlic needs, one to two months at 0–10 °C (RHS). The two-month threshold is our rule of thumb. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS.

Garlic in Bochum: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Bochum from 21 October to the end of December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 0.8 °C.

Planting	21 October – end of December
First autumn frost	20 November
Coldest nights	January, 0.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	19 January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	10:22 on 21 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:50

Garlic in Bochum: care after planting

Planted on 21 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

21 October — feed: nitrogen
18 November — 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 Bochum, Dortmund is 4 days earlier and Duisburg 2 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Essen	15 km	22 October – end of December	1 day later
Dortmund	18 km	17 October – end of December	4 days earlier
Duisburg	32 km	23 October – end of December	2 days later
Düsseldorf	41 km	22 October – end of December	1 day later
Münster	60 km	22 October – end of December	1 day later
Cologne	63 km	21 October – end of December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Bochum

Planting stock goes into the ground from 21 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Bochum OpenStreetMap lists 29 garden centres, 5 farm-supply shops, 5 plant nurseries, 42 markets and 34 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Greenbase Gathmann — farm supply
Haarstraße 21, 44797 Bochum · Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00, Sat 09:00–13:00 · 5 km · greenbase-gathmann.de
Mühle Eppert — farm supply · sells seed
Schützenstraße, 45699 · 14 km · muehle-eppert.de
Horn 21 — farm supply
Hangeneystraße 90, 44379 Dortmund · 11 km · horn21.de
Bommerholzer Baumschulen — plant nursery
Bommerholzer Straße 98, 58456 Witten · Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–14:00; Sun, public holidays closed · 12 km · bommerholzer-baumschulen.de

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