When to plant garlic in Mobile: by 15 November

In Mobile, garlic: plant by 15 November. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Garlic in Mobile: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 6.8 °C.

Planting	by 15 November
First autumn frost	15 December
Coldest nights	January, 6.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	10:37 on 15 November
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:10

Garlic in Mobile: care after planting

Planted on 15 November: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

15 November — feed: nitrogen
13 December — 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

Around Mobile, Gulfport is 21 days earlier and Pensacola 4 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Pensacola	89 km	by 19 November	4 days later
Gulfport	99 km	by 25 October	21 days earlier
New Orleans	206 km	by 15 November	same day
Montgomery	255 km	by 30 October	16 days earlier
Jackson	268 km	by 29 October	17 days earlier
Baton Rouge	296 km	by 9 November	6 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Mobile

Planting stock goes into the ground by 15 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Mobile OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 2 plant nurseries, 2 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Mi Pueblo Latino — market
5 km
D&J Barnhill Nursery — plant nursery
13 km
Flowerwood Nursery — plant nursery
13 km
Mac's Fresh Produce — farm shop
4 km

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