When to plant garlic in Hanover: 22 October – end of December

In Hanover, garlic: plant from 22 October to the end of December. For planting stock, the places nearby include plan G Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Jörg Feye (plant nursery, 4 km) and Baumschule Gloger (plant nursery, 5 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 Hanover: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Hanover from 22 October 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 0.4 °C.

Planting	22 October – end of December
First autumn frost	21 November
Coldest nights	January, 0.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	20 January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	10:15 on 22 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:41

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

Garlic in Hanover: care after planting

Planted on 22 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

22 October — feed: nitrogen
19 November — 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

1 of the nearest cities share Hanover's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bielefeld	91 km	19 October – end of December	3 days earlier
Bremen	101 km	20 October – end of December	2 days earlier
Magdeburg	132 km	19 October – end of December	3 days earlier
Hamburg	132 km	20 October – end of December	2 days earlier
Münster	150 km	22 October – end of December	same day
Erfurt	179 km	8 October – end of December	14 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Hanover

Planting stock goes into the ground from 22 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Hanover OpenStreetMap lists 20 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 7 plant nurseries, 20 markets and 30 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Baumschule Gloger — plant nursery
Stadtweg 10, 30926 Seelze · Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, 13:00–18:00; Sat 08:30–13:00; Sun closed · 5 km · baumschule-gloger.de
Gärtnerei Paul Lobermeier — plant nursery
Wilhelm-Kröger-Weg 17, 30453 Hannover · 5 km · gaertnerei-paul-lobermeier.de
Lemmier Agroforst — plant nursery
Heimstraße 7, 30989 Gehrden · 12 km · pferdehof-rehren.de
plan G Dipl.-Ing. Hans-Jörg Feye — plant nursery
Im Othfelde 15, 30165 Hannover · 4 km

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