When to plant garlic in Belgium: 16 October – end of December
Garlic in Belgium: plant from 16 October to the end of December; the window opens earliest in Charleroi and closes latest in Brussels (10 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
Garlic: the window in each city
| City | Window | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Charleroi | 16 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Namur | 16 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Hasselt | 19 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Liège | 20 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Mons | 20 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Antwerp | 23 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Brussels | 23 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Leuven | 23 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Ghent | 25 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |
| Bruges | 31 October – end of December | 210–269 frost-free days |