When to plant garlic in Juneau: 6 September – 12 October

In Juneau, garlic: plant from 6 September to about 12 October.

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 Juneau: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Juneau from 6 September to about 12 October; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in October–April; the coldest, February, averages -8.9 °C.

Planting	6 September – 12 October
First autumn frost	6 October
Coldest nights	February, -8.9 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	1 June
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight	13:39 on 6 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	6:23

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

Garlic in Juneau: care after planting

Planted on 6 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

6 September — feed: nitrogen
4 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 Juneau, Fairbanks is 13 days earlier and Victoria 76 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Whitehorse	272 km	29 August – 7 October	8 days earlier
Anchorage	923 km	14 September – 18 October	8 days later
Fairbanks	1,008 km	24 August – 2 October	13 days earlier
Yellowknife	1,189 km	4 September – 4 October	2 days earlier
Vancouver	1,244 km	18 October – end of December	42 days later
Victoria	1,316 km	21 November – end of December	76 days later

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