When to plant garlic in Maldonado: 1 April – end of June

In Maldonado, garlic: plant from 1 April to the end of June. For garlic here we follow a national source (INIA Uruguay, Boletín de Divulgación 111): it is planted from 16 April to the end of June.

Garlic in Maldonado: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Maldonado from 1 April to the end of June. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 8.7 °C.

Planting	1 April – end of June
Coldest nights	July, 8.7 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:43 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:48

Garlic in Maldonado: 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

3 of the nearest cities share Maldonado's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Montevideo	110 km	1 April – end of June	same day
Colonia del Sacramento	269 km	1 April – end of June	same day
La Plata	274 km	by 18 May	47 days later
Buenos Aires	315 km	1 April	same day
Tacuarembó	367 km	16 April – end of June	15 days later
Paysandú	408 km	16 April – end of June	15 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Maldonado

Planting stock goes into the ground from 1 April to the end of June; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Maldonado OpenStreetMap lists 13 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 8 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Punto Verde — garden centre
1 km
Alvarez Cultivos — garden centre
1 km
Agroplantas — garden centre
2 km
Mercado de Plantas y Flores — garden centre
2 km

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