When to plant garlic in Irpin: 22 September – 30 November

In Irpin, garlic: plant from 22 September to about 30 November. For planting stock, the places nearby include Ботанік центр (garden centre, 1 km) and Зелена галерея (garden centre, 15 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 Irpin: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Irpin from 22 September to about 30 November; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in December–March; the coldest, January, averages -4.9 °C.

Planting	22 September – 30 November
First autumn frost	22 October
Coldest nights	January, -4.9 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	16 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight	12:15 on 22 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:59

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

Garlic in Irpin: care after planting

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

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

22 September — feed: nitrogen
20 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

Around Irpin, Zhytomyr is 2 days earlier and Kyiv 18 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Kyiv	21 km	10 October – 1 December	18 days later
Brovary	39 km	10 October – 1 December	18 days later
Boryspil	54 km	30 September – 2 December	8 days later
Fastiv	54 km	22 September – 1 December	same day
Bila Tserkva	81 km	30 September – 4 December	8 days later
Zhytomyr	116 km	20 September – 1 December	2 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Irpin

Planting stock goes into the ground from 22 September to about 30 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Irpin OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 4 plant nurseries, 21 markets and 8 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Мандарин — farm shop
4 km
Ботанік центр — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00–15:00 · 1 km
Зелена галерея — garden centre
Ризька вулиця 87 · 15 km
Ринок Ірпінь — market
Підгірна вулиця · 1 km · rynokirpin.in.ua

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