When to plant garlic in Gainesville: by 24 November

In Gainesville, garlic: plant by 24 November. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Garlic in Gainesville: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 8.3 °C.

Planting	by 24 November
First autumn frost	24 December
Coldest nights	January, 8.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	10:30 on 24 November
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:14

Garlic in Gainesville: care after planting

Planted on 24 November: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

24 November — feed: nitrogen
22 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

Around Gainesville, St. Petersburg is 54 days earlier and Jacksonville 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Jacksonville	99 km	by 27 November	3 days later
Orlando	154 km	by 25 November	1 day later
Tampa	189 km	by 24 November	same day
St. Petersburg	206 km	1 October	54 days earlier
Tallahassee	207 km	by 23 November	1 day earlier
Savannah	295 km	by 24 November	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Gainesville

Planting stock goes into the ground by 24 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Gainesville OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 plant nursery and 4 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

GNV Market — market
South Main Street 619, 32601 Gainesville · Thu 16:00–19:00 · 1 km
Alachua County Farmer's Market — market
Sat 08:30–13:00 · 7 km · 441market.com
Midpoint Park and Eatery — market
0 km · midpointeatery.com
University of Florida Agricultural Experimental Station — plant nursery
12 km

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