When to plant garlic in Darwin

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 Darwin: 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 July, average 20.2 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	July, 20.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:59 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:23

Garlic in Darwin: 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

5 of the nearest cities share Darwin's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Alice Springs	1,290 km	by 7 May	36 days later
Makassar	1,496 km	1 April	same day
Cairns	1,680 km	1 April	same day
Denpasar	1,757 km	1 April	same day
Townsville	1,868 km	1 April	same day
Malang	2,054 km	1 April	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Darwin

Within 15 km of Darwin OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 4 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Tiger Pots — garden centre
8 km
McMillans Road Vendor Area — market
11 km
Rapid Creek Market — market
9 km
Mindil Beach Sunset Market — market
May–Oct Thu, Sun 16:00–21:00 · 2 km · mindil.com.au