When to plant garlic in Dodge City: 29 September – end of December

In Dodge City, garlic: plant from 29 September to the end of December.

Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

The average daily temperature here stays above 0 °C all winter, and at least two months average 10 °C or less: the cold garlic needs, one to two months at 0–10 °C (RHS). The two-month threshold is our rule of thumb. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS.

Garlic in Dodge City: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Dodge City from 29 September to the end of December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in December–February; the coldest, January, averages -4.3 °C.

Planting	29 September – end of December
First autumn frost	29 October
Coldest nights	January, -4.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	2 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:54 on 29 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:33

The same dates in Dodge City hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Dodge City: care after planting

Planted on 29 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

29 September — feed: nitrogen
27 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

Around Dodge City, Grand Island is 2 days earlier and Tulsa 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Wichita	236 km	30 September – end of December	1 day later
Oklahoma City	339 km	11 October – end of December	12 days later
Grand Island	379 km	27 September – 1 December	2 days earlier
Lawton	380 km	12 October – end of December	13 days later
Tulsa	400 km	18 October – end of December	19 days later
Topeka	402 km	29 September – 30 December	same day

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