When to plant garlic in Marbella: 1 October – end of December

Garlic in Marbella: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Marbella from 1 October to the end of December. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 9.2 °C.

Garlic in Marbella: 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:

• Onion fly
• Bacterial soft rot
• Downy Mildew
• Rust
• White mould (Sclerotinia)

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 Marbella's date.

Where to buy garlic for planting in Marbella

Planting stock goes into the ground from 1 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Marbella OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries and 6 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

• Viveros Manuel Puertas — plant nursery
  2 km
• Mercadillo de Marbella — market
  Avenida José Manuel Vallés, 29603 Marbella · Mon 09:00–14:00 · 1 km · mercadillos.org
• Costa Jardín — garden centre
  15 km
• Viveros del Carmen — garden centre
  11 km

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant garlic in Marbella?

In Marbella, garlic: plant from 1 October to the end of December. In Spain garlic is planted from October in every region (Spain’s agriculture ministry, MAPA, Hojas Divulgadoras 1/84); we give October to December.