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When to plant garlic in Chita: 24 August – 3 October

In Chita, garlic: plant from 24 August to about 3 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 Chita: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Chita from 24 August to about 3 October; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in October–April; the coldest, January, averages -26.5 °C.

Planting24 August – 3 October
First autumn frost23 September
Coldest nightsJanuary, -26.5 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring5 May
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: April
Daylight14:09 on 24 August
Daylight at the winter solstice7:44

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

Garlic in Chita: care after planting

Planted on 24 August: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

  • 24 August — feed: nitrogen
  • 21 September — 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 Chita, Yakutsk is 5 days earlier and Khabarovsk 23 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Ulan-Ude404 km30 August – 7 October6 days later
Irkutsk627 km31 August – 8 October7 days later
Blagoveshchensk997 km3 September – 9 October10 days later
Krasnoyarsk1,412 km28 August – 7 October4 days later
Yakutsk1,474 km19 August – 19 September5 days earlier
Khabarovsk1,579 km16 September – 15 October23 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Chita

Planting stock goes into the ground from 24 August to about 3 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Chita OpenStreetMap lists 5 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant garlic in Chita?

In Chita, garlic: plant from 24 August to about 3 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 Chita?

Last spring frost around 19 May, first autumn frost around 23 September.

Other crops in Chita, with their dates