When to plant garlic in Lida: 30 September – 27 November

In Lida, garlic: plant from 30 September to about 27 November. For planting stock, the places nearby include По пути (farm shop, 1 km) and Бахча (farm shop, 2 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 Lida: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Lida from 30 September to about 27 November; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in December–March; the coldest, January, averages -5.2 °C.

Planting	30 September – 27 November
First autumn frost	30 October
Coldest nights	January, -5.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	2 April
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:42 on 30 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:24

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

Garlic in Lida: care after planting

Planted on 30 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

30 September — feed: nitrogen
28 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 Lida, Maladzyechna is 11 days earlier and Grodno 9 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Vilnius	90 km	20 September – 26 November	10 days earlier
Baranovichi	96 km	27 September – 25 November	3 days earlier
Grodno	99 km	9 October – 3 December	9 days later
Maladzyechna	112 km	19 September – 22 November	11 days earlier
Minsk	148 km	1 October – 19 November	1 day later
Białystok	164 km	2 October – 6 December	2 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Lida

Planting stock goes into the ground from 30 September to about 27 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Lida OpenStreetMap lists 4 markets and 10 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

По пути — farm shop · sells: watermelon, melon
Jun–Sept · 1 km
Бахча — farm shop · sells: watermelon, melon
Jun–Sept · 2 km
По пути — farm shop · sells: watermelon, melon
Jun–Sept · 3 km
По пути — farm shop · sells: watermelon, melon
Jun–Sept · 3 km

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