When to plant garlic in Lecce: by 28 October

In Lecce, garlic: plant by 28 October. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Garlic in Lecce: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 5.6 °C.

Planting	by 28 October
First autumn frost	27 November
Coldest nights	January, 5.6 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	10:38 on 28 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:17

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

Garlic in Lecce: care after planting

Planted on 28 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

28 October — feed: nitrogen
25 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 Lecce, Taranto is 27 days earlier and Foggia 23 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Taranto	79 km	1 October	27 days earlier
Bari	139 km	1 October – end of December	27 days earlier
Cosenza	201 km	31 October – end of December	3 days later
Potenza	202 km	26 October – end of December	2 days earlier
Foggia	252 km	20 November – end of December	23 days later
Salerno	288 km	11 November – end of December	14 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Lecce

Planting stock goes into the ground by 28 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Lecce OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 7 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Area Mercatale di Monteroni — market
Località Mercato · 7 km
Zoo garden — garden centre
14 km
Piazza Rita Levi Montalcini — market
3 km
Area Mercatale di Lizzanello — market
7 km

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