Greenly Garden

When to plant garlic in Maiduguri

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 October.

Garlic in Maiduguri: 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 October. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 15.3 °C.

Planting1 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, 15.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight12:02 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice11:26

Garlic in Maiduguri: care after planting

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

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

  • 1 October — feed: nitrogen
  • 29 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

6 of the nearest cities share Maiduguri's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Kano504 km1 Octobersame day
Jos512 km1 Octobersame day
Kaduna641 km1 Octobersame day
Abuja692 km1 Octobersame day
Enugu862 km1 Octobersame day
Sokoto871 km1 Octobersame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Maiduguri

Within 15 km of Maiduguri OpenStreetMap lists 9 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.