When to plant garlic in Boryspil: 30 September – 2 December

In Boryspil, garlic: plant from 30 September to about 2 December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Мiнi Буд (garden centre, 10 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 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 Boryspil: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Boryspil from 30 September to about 2 December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in December–March; the coldest, January, averages -4.8 °C.

Planting	30 September – 2 December
First autumn frost	30 October
Coldest nights	January, -4.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	22 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:45 on 30 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	8:01

Garlic in Boryspil: care after planting

Planted on 30 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

30 September — feed: nitrogen
28 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 Boryspil, Irpin is 8 days earlier and Cherkasy 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Brovary	21 km	10 October – 1 December	10 days later
Kyiv	32 km	10 October – 1 December	10 days later
Irpin	54 km	22 September – 30 November	8 days earlier
Fastiv	79 km	22 September – 1 December	8 days earlier
Bila Tserkva	85 km	30 September – 4 December	same day
Cherkasy	129 km	12 October – 10 December	12 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Boryspil

Planting stock goes into the ground from 30 September to about 2 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Boryspil OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 plant nursery, 5 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Мiнi Буд — garden centre
Т-10-16 · 10 km
Центральний ринок — market
вулиця Київський Шлях 84 · 08:00–22:00 · 0 km
Оптовий ринок — market
вулиця Київський Шлях 10 · 1 km
Ринок на розгалудженні — market
Лугова вулиця, Борисполь · 2 km

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