When to plant garlic in Durban

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 Durban: 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 10.9 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	July, 10.9 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:47 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:13

Garlic in Durban: 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

4 of the nearest cities share Durban's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Maputo	459 km	1 April	same day
Bloemfontein	473 km	5 May – end of June	34 days later
Johannesburg	501 km	by 6 May	35 days later
Pretoria	535 km	1 April	same day
Beira	1,179 km	1 April	same day
Cape Town	1,271 km	1 April	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Durban

Within 15 km of Durban OpenStreetMap lists 3 plant nurseries and 2 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Bluff Nursery — plant nursery
4 km
Hillary Nursery — plant nursery
10 km
Bloomingdales — plant nursery
10 km
Early Morning Market — market
1 km