When to plant garlic in Essen: 22 October – end of December

In Essen, garlic: plant from 22 October to the end of December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Dellwiger Scheune (farm shop, 7 km) and Hofladen Klosterberghof (farm shop, 8 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

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 Essen: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Essen from 22 October to the end of December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 1 °C.

Planting	22 October – end of December
First autumn frost	21 November
Coldest nights	January, 1 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	8 January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	10:19 on 22 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:50

Garlic in Essen: care after planting

Planted on 22 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

22 October — feed: nitrogen
19 November — 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 Essen, Dortmund is 5 days earlier and Duisburg 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bochum	15 km	21 October – end of December	1 day earlier
Duisburg	18 km	23 October – end of December	1 day later
Düsseldorf	30 km	22 October – end of December	same day
Dortmund	32 km	17 October – end of December	5 days earlier
Cologne	58 km	21 October – end of December	1 day earlier
Münster	70 km	22 October – end of December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Essen

Planting stock goes into the ground from 22 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Essen OpenStreetMap lists 49 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 5 plant nurseries, 43 markets and 27 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Dellwiger Scheune — farm shop
Schilfstraße 15, 45357 Essen · Mon–Fri 10:00–18:00, Sat 09:00–13:00 · 7 km · brömses-landscheune.de
Oberschuirshof — farm shop
Schuirweg 61, 45133 Essen · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:30; Sat 08:30–15:00 · 8 km · oberschuirshof.de
Feldmanns Grüner Markt — farm shop
Schuirweg 105, 45133 Essen · Mon–Fri 09:00–18:30; Sat 08:00–15:00; public holidays, Sun closed · 8 km · feldmanns-gruener-markt.de
Hofladen Klosterberghof — farm shop
Weg am Berge 39, 45279 Essen · Mon–Thu 14:00–18:30, 09:30–12:00; Fri 09:30–18:30; Sat 09:30–13:30; Sun, public holidays closed · 8 km · franz-sales-haus.de

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