When to plant garlic in Mérida (Venezuela)

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 (Venezuela): 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 9.4 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 9.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:03 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:37

Garlic in Mérida (Venezuela): 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 (Venezuela)'s date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Barinas	106 km	1 October	same day
Cúcuta	163 km	1 October	same day
Maracaibo	237 km	1 October	same day
Barquisimeto	264 km	1 October	same day
Bucaramanga	268 km	1 October	same day
Valledupar	310 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Mérida (Venezuela)

Within 15 km of Mérida (Venezuela) OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop and 7 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Bodega Serranía Casa Club — market
Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 · 2 km
Los Roques PC — market
5 km · facebook.com
Mercado Popular "Guillermo Soto Rosa" — market
2 km
Mercado Periférico — market
3 km