When to plant garlic in Catania

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 Catania: 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 6.4 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 6.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:50 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:34

Garlic in Catania: 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

2 of the nearest cities share Catania's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Syracuse	50 km	1 October	same day
Reggio Calabria	84 km	19 November – end of December	49 days later
Messina	87 km	1 October	same day
Palermo	167 km	23 November – end of December	53 days later
Cosenza	224 km	31 October – end of December	30 days later
Salerno	355 km	11 November – end of December	41 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Catania

Within 15 km of Catania OpenStreetMap lists 9 garden centres, 2 farm-supply shops, 12 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Mercato settimanale di Mascalucia — market
Thu 07:00–15:00 · 9 km
Mercato settimanale di Belpasso — market
Fri 08:00–13:00 · 14 km
Azienda Agricola Vivaistica Micci Barreca Francesco — garden centre
7 km
Vivaio Il Germoglio — garden centre
11 km