When to plant garlic in Enugu

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 October.

Garlic in Enugu: 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 October. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 22 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 22 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:04 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:45

Garlic in Enugu: care after planting

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

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

1 October — feed: nitrogen
29 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

6 of the nearest cities share Enugu's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Port Harcourt	189 km	1 October	same day
Benin City	209 km	1 October	same day
Abuja	291 km	1 October	same day
Ilorin	398 km	1 October	same day
Ibadan	410 km	1 October	same day
Jos	415 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Enugu

Within 15 km of Enugu OpenStreetMap lists 17 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Railway Line Ogbete Market — market
3 km
Abakpa Market — market
4 km
New Kenyatta — market
4 km
Old Artisan Market — market
1 km