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When to plant garlic in Cheboksary: 17 September – 27 October

In Cheboksary, garlic: plant from 17 September to about 27 October.

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 date is about two weeks before the average daily temperature here falls below 0 °C (ten years of weather): an estimate, not the day the ground freezes, and a cold spell can freeze it earlier. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS, how the ground freezes (NRC Canada, CBD-26).

Garlic in Cheboksary: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Cheboksary from 17 September to about 27 October; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in November–March; the coldest, January, averages -12.1 °C.

Planting17 September – 27 October
First autumn frost17 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, -12.1 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring18 April
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight12:40 on 17 September
Daylight at the winter solstice6:55

The same dates in Cheboksary hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Cheboksary: care after planting

Planted on 17 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

  • 17 September — feed: nitrogen
  • 15 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

Around Cheboksary, Kirov is 15 days earlier and Ulyanovsk 6 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Yoshkar-Ola69 km12 September – 24 October5 days earlier
Kazan122 km13 September – 28 October4 days earlier
Nizhny Novgorod202 km18 September – 29 October1 day later
Ulyanovsk213 km23 September – 31 October6 days later
Saransk254 km14 September – 29 October3 days earlier
Kirov310 km2 September – 19 October15 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Cheboksary

Planting stock goes into the ground from 17 September to about 27 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Cheboksary OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 9 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant garlic in Cheboksary?

In Cheboksary, garlic: plant from 17 September to about 27 October. 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.

When is the last spring frost in Cheboksary?

Last spring frost around 1 May, first autumn frost around 17 October.

Other crops in Cheboksary, with their dates