When to plant garlic in Fort Myers

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 Fort Myers: 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 13.5 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 13.5 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:55 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:28

Garlic in Fort Myers: 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

Around Fort Myers, Havana is 15 days earlier and Orlando 55 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
St. Petersburg	156 km	1 October	same day
Tampa	159 km	by 24 November	54 days later
Miami	192 km	1 October	same day
Orlando	219 km	by 25 November	55 days later
Gainesville	340 km	by 24 November	54 days later
Havana	394 km	16 September – 15 December	15 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Fort Myers

Within 15 km of Fort Myers OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026).

Target — garden centre
12 km
Lowes — garden centre
12 km
The home depot garden center — garden centre
13 km
Mercola Market — market
12 km