When to plant garlic in Cúcuta

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 Cúcuta: 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 20.6 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 20.6 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:03 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:40

Garlic in Cúcuta: 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

6 of the nearest cities share Cúcuta's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bucaramanga	111 km	1 October	same day
Mérida (Venezuela)	163 km	1 October	same day
Barinas	263 km	1 October	same day
Tunja	280 km	1 October	same day
Valledupar	296 km	1 October	same day
Maracaibo	319 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Cúcuta

Within 15 km of Cúcuta OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 9 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

DOÑA CECI — market
0 km
Mercado Guaimaral — market
1 km
Central de Abastos — market
2 km
Mercado Municipal — market
7 km