When to plant garlic in Mayagüez

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 Mayagüez: 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 21.6 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	February, 21.6 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:59 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:02

Garlic in Mayagüez: 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 Mayagüez's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Arecibo	54 km	1 October	same day
Ponce	60 km	1 October	same day
San Juan (Puerto Rico)	112 km	1 October	same day
Higüey	172 km	1 October	same day
San Pedro de Macorís	231 km	1 October	same day
Santo Domingo	296 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Mayagüez

Within 15 km of Mayagüez OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Plaza de Mercado de Mayagüez — market
Calle Pablo Casals, 00682 Mayagüez · 0 km
Plaza del Mercado de Añasco Alfonso Vélez Iturrino "El Fúa" — market
Calle Victoria, 00610 Añasco · 9 km
Plaza del Mercado Lolita Montalvo Cordero — market
Calle Dr. Salvador Carbonell, 00623 Cabo Rojo · 12 km