When to plant garlic in Lorca: 1 October – end of December

In Lorca, garlic: plant from 1 October to the end of December. In Spain garlic is planted from October in every region (Spain’s agriculture ministry, MAPA, Hojas Divulgadoras 1/84); we give October to December.

Garlic in Lorca: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Lorca from 1 October to the end of December. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 4 °C.

Planting	1 October – end of December
First autumn frost	15 December
Coldest nights	January, 4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	10:10 on 15 November
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:33

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

Garlic in Lorca: care after planting

Planted on 15 November: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

15 November — feed: nitrogen
13 December — 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

6 of the nearest cities share Lorca's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Murcia	61 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Cartagena	64 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Elche	109 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Almería	115 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Alicante	130 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Albacete	146 km	1 October – end of December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Lorca

Planting stock goes into the ground from 1 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Lorca OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery (collected 28 October 2026).

Semillero HOYAMAR — plant nursery
11 km

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