When to plant garlic in Holguín: 16 September – 15 December

In Holguín, garlic: plant from 16 September to 15 December. For garlic here we follow a national source (Muñoz et al. 2010, Alvarez-Pinedo et al. 2023, Revista Ciencias Técnicas Agropecuarias).

Garlic in Holguín: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Holguín from 16 September to 15 December. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 20.5 °C.

Planting	16 September – 15 December
Coldest nights	January, 20.5 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:58 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:52

Garlic in Holguín: 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

5 of the nearest cities share Holguín's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bayamo	69 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Santiago de Cuba	107 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Guantánamo	138 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Camagüey	181 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Santa Clara	417 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Santiago de los Caballeros	602 km	1 October	15 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Holguín

Planting stock goes into the ground from 16 September to 15 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Holguín OpenStreetMap lists 2 farm-supply shops, 13 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Mercado varios — market
2 km
Mipyme "Mercado Libre Aguas Claras" — market
6 km
Mercado Agropecuario El Mambí — farm supply
1 km
Mercado Agropecuario Integral Sanfield — farm supply
1 km

Questions

When to plant garlic in Holguín?

In Holguín, garlic: plant from 16 September to 15 December. For garlic here we follow a national source (Muñoz et al. 2010, Alvarez-Pinedo et al. 2023, Revista Ciencias Técnicas Agropecuarias).