When to plant garlic in Managua

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 Managua: 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 February, average 24.5 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	February, 24.5 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:02 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:25

Garlic in Managua: 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 Managua's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
León (Nicaragua)	73 km	1 October	same day
Matagalpa	95 km	1 October	same day
Choluteca	164 km	1 October	same day
Liberia	192 km	1 October	same day
Tegucigalpa	240 km	1 October	same day
San Miguel	254 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Managua

Within 15 km of Managua OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 4 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery, 16 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Agrológico — garden centre
2 km
Vivero Los Gorriones — garden centre
3 km
Vivero — garden centre
7 km
Vivero El Genícero — garden centre
7 km