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When to plant garlic in Mount Gambier

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 April.

Garlic in Mount Gambier: 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 April. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 7.2 °C.

Planting1 April
Coldest nightsJuly, 7.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight11:41 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice9:32

Garlic in Mount Gambier: care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

  • 1 April — feed: nitrogen
  • 29 April — 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

3 of the nearest cities share Mount Gambier's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Ballarat272 km20 May – end of June49 days later
Geelong316 km1 Aprilsame day
Bendigo332 km20 May – end of June49 days later
Melbourne367 km26 May – end of June55 days later
Adelaide377 km1 Aprilsame day
Mildura423 km1 Aprilsame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Mount Gambier

Within 15 km of Mount Gambier OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre (collected 28 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.