When to plant garlic in Bucaramanga

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 Bucaramanga: 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 13.2 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 13.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:04 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:43

Garlic in Bucaramanga: 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 Bucaramanga's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cúcuta	111 km	1 October	same day
Tunja	178 km	1 October	same day
Mérida (Venezuela)	268 km	1 October	same day
Bogotá	288 km	1 October	same day
Medellín	289 km	1 October	same day
Villavicencio	336 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Bucaramanga

Within 15 km of Bucaramanga OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery and 18 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Plaza de Mercado La Concordia — market
Calle 50, Bucaramanga · 1 km
Edificio K27 — market
Avenida Carrera 27 13-25 · 2 km
Mercado Campesino de Bucaramanga — market
Transversal Central Km2 · 3 km
Plaza de Mercado Central de Girón — market
Carrera 23 27-20 · 8 km