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When to plant garlic in Cajamarca

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 April.

Garlic in Cajamarca: 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 April. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 5.8 °C.

Planting1 April
Coldest nightsJuly, 5.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight12:02 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice11:42

Garlic in Cajamarca: care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

  • 1 April — feed: nitrogen
  • 29 April — 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 Cajamarca's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Trujillo120 km1 Aprilsame day
Chiclayo152 km1 Aprilsame day
Piura319 km1 Aprilsame day
Loja360 km1 Aprilsame day
Pucallpa458 km1 Aprilsame day
Machala461 km1 Aprilsame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Cajamarca

Within 15 km of Cajamarca OpenStreetMap lists 6 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.