When to plant garlic in Dubbo: by 20 May

In Dubbo, garlic: plant by 20 May. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Garlic in Dubbo: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 4.9 °C.

Planting	by 20 May
First autumn frost	19 June
Coldest nights	July, 4.9 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: January
Daylight	10:23 on 20 May
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:02

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

Garlic in Dubbo: care after planting

Planted on 20 May: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

20 May — feed: nitrogen
17 June — 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

All the nearest cities on our list plant garlic earlier than Dubbo; the closest date is in Orange, 80 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Orange	123 km	1 March – end of June	80 days earlier
Sydney	302 km	1 March – 30 April	80 days earlier
Newcastle	307 km	1 March – 30 April	80 days earlier
Wollongong	321 km	1 March – 30 April	80 days earlier
Canberra	339 km	1 March – end of June	80 days earlier
Albury	451 km	1 March – end of June	80 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Dubbo

Planting stock goes into the ground by 20 May; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Dubbo OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 farm-supply shops and 1 plant nursery (collected 28 October 2026).

Magnolia Nursery — garden centre
3 km
Delta Agribusiness — farm supply
3 km
Furneys Stock Feeds — farm supply
2 km
Old Ganarrin Garden Centre — plant nursery
5 km

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