When to plant garlic in Innsbruck: 7 September – 10 December

In Innsbruck, garlic: plant from 7 September to about 10 December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Siedler (garden centre, 2 km) and Gärtnerei Jägerbauer (garden centre, 3 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 date is about two weeks before the average daily temperature here falls below 0 °C (ten years of weather): an estimate, not the day the ground freezes, and a cold spell can freeze it earlier. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS, how the ground freezes (NRC Canada, CBD-26).

Garlic in Innsbruck: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Innsbruck from 7 September to about 10 December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in November–March; the coldest, January, averages -5.9 °C.

Planting	7 September – 10 December
First autumn frost	7 October
Coldest nights	January, -5.9 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	22 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight	13:04 on 7 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	8:28

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

Garlic in Innsbruck: care after planting

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

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

7 September — feed: nitrogen
5 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

All the nearest cities on our list plant garlic later than Innsbruck; the closest date is in Salzburg, 24 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Bolzano	86 km	17 October – end of December	40 days later
Munich	98 km	10 October – end of December	33 days later
Augsburg	128 km	10 October – end of December	33 days later
Trento	135 km	11 October – end of December	34 days later
Salzburg	136 km	1 October – end of December	24 days later
St. Gallen	154 km	19 October – end of December	42 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Innsbruck

Planting stock goes into the ground from 7 September to about 10 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Innsbruck OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 7 markets and 32 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Dehner — garden centre
Cytastraße 3, 6176 Völs · Mon–Fri 08:30–19:00; Sat 08:30–18:00; public holidays closed · 6 km · dehner.at
Biogärtnerei Seidemann — garden centre
Michelfeld 7, 6175 Kematen in Tirol · Mon–Sat 09:00–18:00; Sun 10:00–16:00 · 8 km · blumenpark.at
Siedler — garden centre
Roßaugasse 2a, 6020 Innsbruck · Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, 14:00–17:00; public holidays closed || "nach Vereinbarung" · 2 km · siedler.co.at
Gärtnerei Jägerbauer — garden centre
Dr.-Stumpf-Straße 115, 6020 Innsbruck · Mon–Fri 08:30–18:00; Sat 08:30–16:00 · 3 km

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