When to plant garlic in Jacksonville: by 27 November

In Jacksonville, garlic: plant by 27 November. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Garlic in Jacksonville: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 8.4 °C.

Planting	by 27 November
First autumn frost	27 December
Coldest nights	January, 8.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: August
Daylight	10:24 on 27 November
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:11

Garlic in Jacksonville: care after planting

Planted on 27 November: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

27 November — feed: nitrogen
25 December — 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 earlier than Jacksonville; the closest date is in Orlando, 2 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Gainesville	99 km	by 24 November	3 days earlier
Orlando	201 km	by 25 November	2 days earlier
Savannah	202 km	by 24 November	3 days earlier
Tallahassee	252 km	by 23 November	4 days earlier
Tampa	276 km	by 24 November	3 days earlier
St. Petersburg	296 km	1 October	57 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Jacksonville

Planting stock goes into the ground by 27 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Jacksonville OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop and 3 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Front Porch Pickings — market
South McDuff Avenue 1272, 32205 Jacksonville · 5 km · frontporchpickings.com
Riverside Arts Market — market
Sat 10:00–15:00 · 2 km
Cultivate — garden centre
4 km
Walmart Garden Center — garden centre
6 km

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