When to plant garlic in Karlsruhe: 20 October – end of December

In Karlsruhe, garlic: plant from 20 October to the end of December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Garten- und Landschaftspflege Mohrhardt (farm shop, 7 km) and Hofladen Gebrüder Kless (farm shop, 8 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 average daily temperature here stays above 0 °C all winter, and at least two months average 10 °C or less: the cold garlic needs, one to two months at 0–10 °C (RHS). The two-month threshold is our rule of thumb. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS.

Garlic in Karlsruhe: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Karlsruhe from 20 October to the end of December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 0.2 °C.

Planting	20 October – end of December
First autumn frost	19 November
Coldest nights	January, 0.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	22 January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	10:35 on 20 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	8:13

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

Garlic in Karlsruhe: care after planting

Planted on 20 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

20 October — feed: nitrogen
17 November — 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 Karlsruhe, Stuttgart is 11 days earlier and Wiesbaden 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mannheim	54 km	21 October – end of December	1 day later
Stuttgart	62 km	9 October – end of December	11 days earlier
Strasbourg	68 km	21 October – end of December	1 day later
Saarbrücken	106 km	19 October – end of December	1 day earlier
Wiesbaden	120 km	24 October – end of December	4 days later
Freiburg im Breisgau	120 km	17 October – end of December	3 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Karlsruhe

Planting stock goes into the ground from 20 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Karlsruhe OpenStreetMap lists 25 garden centres, 3 farm-supply shops, 18 plant nurseries, 23 markets and 59 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

ZG Raiffeisen Agrar — farm supply
Stephanstraße 1, 76316 Malsch · Feb–Oct: Mon–Fri 08:00–12:00, 13:00–17:00; Sat 08:00–12:00; Nov–Jan: 08:00–12:00, 13:00–16:00 · 15 km · zg-raiffeisen.de
Garten- und Landschaftspflege Mohrhardt — farm shop · sells: firewood
Pfinzstraße 10, 76297 Stutensee · 24/7 · 7 km · landschaftspflege-mohrhardt.de
Hofladen Gebrüder Kless — farm shop
Karlsruher Straße 6, 76287 Rheinstetten · Mon–Sat 08:00–12:30, Mon–Fri 16:00–18:00 · 8 km · hofladen-kless.de
Erdbeer- und Spargelhof Markus Leicht — farm shop
Landstraße 21, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen · Mon–Sat 08:00–19:00; Sun 08:00–14:00; public holidays 08:00–14:00 · 8 km · leichts-hofladen.de

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