When to plant garlic in Montgomery: by 30 October

In Montgomery, garlic: plant by 30 October. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Garlic in Montgomery: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 4.4 °C.

Planting	by 30 October
First autumn frost	29 November
Coldest nights	January, 4.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	10:57 on 30 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:01

The same dates in Montgomery hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Planted on 30 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

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.

Around Montgomery, Huntsville is 15 days earlier and Pensacola 20 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Birmingham (United States)	136 km	27 October – end of December	3 days earlier
Pensacola	235 km	by 19 November	20 days later
Atlanta	235 km	23 October – end of December	7 days earlier
Macon	253 km	by 1 November	2 days later
Mobile	255 km	by 15 November	16 days later
Huntsville	259 km	15 October – end of December	15 days earlier

In Montgomery, garlic: plant by 30 October. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Last spring frost around 1 March, first autumn frost around 29 November.