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When to plant garlic in Geelong

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 April.

Garlic in Geelong: 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 April. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 6.9 °C.

Planting1 April
Coldest nightsJuly, 6.9 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight11:41 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice9:30

Garlic in Geelong: care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

  • 1 April — feed: nitrogen
  • 29 April — 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 Geelong, Albury is 31 days earlier and Devonport 56 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Melbourne65 km26 May – end of June55 days later
Ballarat79 km20 May – end of June49 days later
Bendigo155 km20 May – end of June49 days later
Mount Gambier316 km1 Aprilsame day
Albury324 km1 March – end of June31 days earlier
Devonport378 km27 May – end of June56 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Geelong

Within 15 km of Geelong OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop and 1 plant nursery (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Other crops in Geelong, with their dates