Greenly Garden

When to plant garlic in Austria: 25 August – end of December

Garlic in Austria: plant from 25 August to the end of December; the window opens earliest in Klagenfurt and closes latest in Graz (6 cities).

From a month before the first autumn frost, so the roots grow before winter, to the late-planting limit on each crop’s page (about two weeks before the ground freezes, by ten years of weather).

Planting window by climate zone

ZoneCitiesWindow
210–269 frost-free daysVienna, Linz13 October – end of December
150–209 frost-free daysGraz, Salzburg, Innsbruck7 September – end of December
Short season: under 150 frost-free daysKlagenfurt25 August – 30 October

Garlic: the window in each city

CityWindowZone
Klagenfurt25 August – 30 OctoberShort season: under 150 frost-free days
Innsbruck7 September – 10 December150–209 frost-free days
Salzburg1 October – end of December150–209 frost-free days
Graz11 October – end of December150–209 frost-free days
Linz13 October – end of December210–269 frost-free days
Vienna13 October – 29 December210–269 frost-free days