When to plant garlic in Cahul: 18 October – end of December

In Cahul, garlic: plant from 18 October to the end of 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 average daily temperature here falls below 0 °C only in January; the sources go no later than December. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS, how the ground freezes (NRC Canada, CBD-26).

Garlic in Cahul: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Cahul from 18 October to the end of December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in December–February; the coldest, January, averages -3.8 °C.

Planting	18 October – end of December
First autumn frost	17 November
Coldest nights	January, -3.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	19 February
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	10:50 on 18 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	8:39

Garlic in Cahul: care after planting

Planted on 18 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

18 October — feed: nitrogen
15 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 Cahul, Bălți is 17 days earlier and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Izmail	79 km	25 October – end of December	7 days later
Chișinău	134 km	18 October – 29 December	same day
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi	170 km	27 October – end of December	9 days later
Odesa	205 km	26 October – end of December	8 days later
Bălți	208 km	1 October – 20 December	17 days earlier
Bucharest	231 km	20 October – end of December	2 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Cahul

Planting stock goes into the ground from 18 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Cahul OpenStreetMap lists 1 market (collected 27 October 2026).

Piața Centrală — market
1 km

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