When to plant garlic in Calama

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. For planting stock, the places nearby include vivero terra nostra (garden centre, 6 km) and vivero nicolas (garden centre, 6 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic in Calama: 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 August, average 6.6 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	August, 6.6 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:53 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:45

Garlic in Calama: 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

Around Calama, Potosí is 88 days earlier and Salta 60 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Antofagasta	200 km	1 April	same day
Iquique	280 km	1 April	same day
San Salvador de Jujuy	418 km	by 26 May	55 days later
Salta	442 km	by 31 May	60 days later
Tarija	445 km	by 14 May	43 days later
Potosí	460 km	3 January – end of June	88 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Calama

Within 15 km of Calama OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres and 2 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

vivero terra nostra — garden centre
Ojo de Opache cascada ojoopache, calama · Mon–Sun 09:00–21:00 · 6 km
vivero nicolas — garden centre
Ojo de Opache 13, calama · 6 km
Feria Modelo — market
Antofagasta 1938, Calama · Mon–Sat 08:30–18:00 · 1 km
Terminal Agropecuario de Calama — market
Almirante Grau 1158, Calama · Mon–Sat 06:00–14:00 · 2 km