When to plant garlic in Mérida

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 Mérida: 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 January, average 19.5 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 19.5 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:58 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:51

Garlic in Mérida: 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 Mérida's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cancún	291 km	1 October	same day
Flores	450 km	1 October	same day
Villahermosa	479 km	1 October	same day
San Cristóbal de las Casas	568 km	1 October	same day
Tuxtla Gutiérrez	596 km	1 October	same day
Cobán	616 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Mérida

Within 15 km of Mérida OpenStreetMap lists 5 plant nurseries, 15 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Tianguis de la Aleman — market
3 km
Mercado de Chuburná — market
5 km
Mercado de Cordemex — market
7 km
Tianguis Azcorra — market
3 km