When to plant garlic in Foggia: 20 November – end of December

In Foggia, garlic: plant from 20 November to the end of December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Garden Piccolo Giardino (garden centre, 3 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 Foggia: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Foggia from 20 November 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 4.2 °C.

Planting	20 November – end of December
First autumn frost	20 December
Coldest nights	January, 4.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	9:43 on 20 November
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:10

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

Garlic in Foggia: care after planting

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

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

20 November — feed: nitrogen
18 December — 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 Foggia; the closest date is in Salerno, 9 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Potenza	94 km	26 October – end of December	25 days earlier
Salerno	108 km	11 November – end of December	9 days earlier
Bari	117 km	1 October – end of December	50 days earlier
Naples	127 km	1 October	50 days earlier
Pescara	158 km	10 November – end of December	10 days earlier
Taranto	181 km	1 October	50 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Foggia

Planting stock goes into the ground from 20 November to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Foggia OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 farm-supply shop, 5 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Garden Piccolo Giardino — garden centre
Via Cerignola 37, 71122 Foggia · 3 km
Mercato Rionale Candelaro — market
Piazza Padre Eugenio Caldarazzo, 71122 Foggia · 2 km
Piazza Mercato — market
1 km
Mercato Ortofrutticolo Foggia — market
1 km

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