When to plant garlic in Kaluga: 11 September – 5 November

In Kaluga, garlic: plant from 11 September to about 5 November. For planting stock, the places nearby include Хозяйственный магазин (garden centre, 5 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 Kaluga: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Kaluga from 11 September to about 5 November; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in November–March; the coldest, January, averages -8.7 °C.

Planting	11 September – 5 November
First autumn frost	11 October
Coldest nights	January, -8.7 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	8 April
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight	13:04 on 11 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:16

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

Garlic in Kaluga: care after planting

Planted on 11 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

11 September — feed: nitrogen
9 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 Kaluga, Tver is 1 day earlier and Ryazan 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tula	95 km	15 September – 4 November	4 days later
Moscow	161 km	14 September – 2 November	3 days later
Oryol	174 km	16 September – 10 November	5 days later
Bryansk	190 km	20 September – 11 November	9 days later
Ryazan	221 km	23 September – 5 November	12 days later
Tver	260 km	10 September – 1 November	1 day earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Kaluga

Planting stock goes into the ground from 11 September to about 5 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Kaluga OpenStreetMap lists 19 garden centres, 1 plant nursery, 11 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Хозяйственный магазин — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–19:00; Sat, Sun 09:00–16:00 · 5 km
Центральный рынок Калуга — market
улица Плеханова 61 · Mon–Sun 08:00–20:00 · 2 km · vk.com
Рынок на Малоярославецкой — market
Малоярославецкая улица 6 к6, Калуга · 6 km
Торговые ряды — market
08:00–20:00 · 3 km

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