When to plant garlic in Magdeburg: 19 October – end of December

In Magdeburg, garlic: plant from 19 October to the end of December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Floragarten Weinreich (plant nursery, 13 km) and Pfeifer Melk- und Kühltechnik (farm supply, 14 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 average daily temperature here stays above 0 °C all winter, and at least two months average 10 °C or less: the cold garlic needs, one to two months at 0–10 °C (RHS). The two-month threshold is our rule of thumb. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS.

Garlic in Magdeburg: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Magdeburg from 19 October to the end of December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in January; the coldest, January, averages -0.3 °C.

Planting	19 October – end of December
First autumn frost	18 November
Coldest nights	January, -0.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	31 January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	10:28 on 19 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:43

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

Garlic in Magdeburg: care after planting

Planted on 19 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

19 October — feed: nitrogen
16 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 Magdeburg, Erfurt is 11 days earlier and Potsdam 3 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Leipzig	102 km	18 October – end of December	1 day earlier
Potsdam	102 km	22 October – end of December	3 days later
Berlin	129 km	20 October – end of December	1 day later
Hanover	132 km	22 October – end of December	3 days later
Erfurt	134 km	8 October – end of December	11 days earlier
Dresden	189 km	19 October – end of December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Magdeburg

Planting stock goes into the ground from 19 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Magdeburg OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 6 plant nurseries, 1 market and 8 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Pfeifer Melk- und Kühltechnik — farm supply
Handwerkerring 12, 39326 Wolmirstedt · 14 km · pfeifer-melktechnik.de
Magdeburger Getreide Lager Gommern — farm supply
Karither Straße 42, 39245 Gommern · 15 km · md-getreide.de
Agravis Lager Wolmirstedt — farm supply
Rogätzer Straße 7I, 39326 Wolmirstedt · 15 km · agravisost.de
Floragarten Weinreich — plant nursery
Neue Straße 1, 39326 Wolmirstedt · 13 km · floragarten-weinreich.de

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