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When to plant garlic in Cuenca

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 April.

Garlic in Cuenca: 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 April. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in August, average 6.6 °C.

Planting1 April
Coldest nightsAugust, 6.6 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight12:05 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice11:57

Garlic in Cuenca: care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

  • 1 April — feed: nitrogen
  • 29 April — 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 Cuenca's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Machala115 km1 Aprilsame day
Loja123 km1 Aprilsame day
Guayaquil131 km1 Aprilsame day
Riobamba142 km1 April – end of Junesame day
Ambato188 km1 Aprilsame day
Manta289 km1 Aprilsame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Cuenca

Within 15 km of Cuenca OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 21 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Other crops in Cuenca, with their dates