When to plant garlic in Flores

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 Flores: 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 19.4 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 19.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:00 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:07

Garlic in Flores: 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 Flores's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cobán	170 km	1 October	same day
Huehuetenango	248 km	1 October	same day
San Pedro Sula	253 km	1 October	same day
Guatemala City	264 km	1 October	same day
Quetzaltenango	291 km	1 October	same day
San Cristóbal de las Casas	295 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Flores

Within 15 km of Flores OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 6 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Mercado Municipal San Benito — market
3 km
Mercado Municipal — market
15 km
Agroveterinaria Gutierrez — farm supply
2 km
Disagro Santa Elena — market
2a Avenida, Flores · Mon–Fri 07:00–4:00; Sat 07:00–11:00 · 3 km