When to plant garlic in Matagalpa

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 Matagalpa: 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 17.3 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	February, 17.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:01 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:22

Garlic in Matagalpa: 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 Matagalpa's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Managua	95 km	1 October	same day
León (Nicaragua)	118 km	1 October	same day
Choluteca	145 km	1 October	same day
Tegucigalpa	191 km	1 October	same day
Comayagua	251 km	1 October	same day
San Miguel	252 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Matagalpa

Within 15 km of Matagalpa OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 3 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Jardines Las Pilas — garden centre
14 km
Mercado Guanuca — market
1 km
Mercado Sur Matagalpa — market
1 km
Mercado Sur Matagalpa Veduras — market
1 km