When to plant garlic in Lubango

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April. For planting stock, the places nearby include Agrovet (farm supply, 1 km) and Ferti Semen (farm supply, 1 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic in Lubango: soil, season and weather

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 8.4 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	July, 8.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:57 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:14

Garlic in Lubango: care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

1 April — feed: nitrogen
29 April — 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

4 of the nearest cities share Lubango's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Huambo	340 km	1 April	same day
Luanda	677 km	1 April	same day
Pretoria	1,946 km	1 April	same day
Johannesburg	1,964 km	by 6 May	35 days later
Bloemfontein	2,049 km	5 May – end of June	34 days later
Cape Town	2,170 km	1 April	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Lubango

Within 15 km of Lubango OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 7 farm-supply shops and 14 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Ferti Semen — farm supply
Praça 1º de Maio · 1 km
Primor Agrícola, Lda. — farm supply
Avenida 21 de Janeiro, Lubango · 2 km
Agrovet — farm supply
Rua da Sociedade Geográfica, Lubango · 1 km
Pracinha das Catabuinhas — market
2 km