When to plant garlic in Kielce: 5 October – 13 December

In Kielce, garlic: plant from 5 October to about 13 December. For planting stock, the places nearby include ACM Agrocentrum (garden centre, 1 km) and Pro-Agro (garden centre, 4 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 Kielce: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Kielce from 5 October to about 13 December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in December–March; the coldest, January, averages -4.1 °C.

Planting	5 October – 13 December
First autumn frost	4 November
Coldest nights	January, -4.1 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	13 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:25 on 5 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:56

Garlic in Kielce: care after planting

Planted on 5 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

5 October — feed: nitrogen
2 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 Kielce, Kraków is 3 days earlier and Katowice 12 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Radom	69 km	16 October – 24 December	11 days later
Kraków	102 km	2 October – 28 December	3 days earlier
Częstochowa	106 km	11 October – 19 December	6 days later
Łódź	128 km	5 October – 22 December	same day
Katowice	132 km	17 October – 22 December	12 days later
Rzeszów	134 km	16 October – 20 December	11 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Kielce

Planting stock goes into the ground from 5 October to about 13 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Kielce OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 6 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Mój Ogród — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00; Sat 09:00–15:00 · 6 km · mojogrodprojekt.pl
Pro-Agro — garden centre
Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00, Sat 08:00–15:00 · 4 km · proagro-kielce.pl
ACM Agrocentrum — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–17:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 1 km
Giełda Miedziana Góra — market
Wykień 68, 26-085 Ćmińsk · Sun 5:00–14:00; Mon–Sat closed · 12 km · salmar.pl

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