When to plant garlic in New Plymouth

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. For planting stock, the places nearby include Paradise Valley Berry Farm (farm shop, 9 km) and Woodleigh Nursery (garden centre, 11 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic in New Plymouth: 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 August, average 11.2 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	August, 11.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:40 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:25

Garlic in New Plymouth: 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

2 of the nearest cities share New Plymouth's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Hamilton (New Zealand)	177 km	by 16 May	45 days later
Palmerston North	194 km	22 May – end of June	51 days later
Rotorua	215 km	26 April – end of June	25 days later
Tauranga	238 km	1 April	same day
Napier	248 km	1 April	same day
Nelson	254 km	22 May – end of June	51 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in New Plymouth

Within 15 km of New Plymouth OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Woodleigh Nursery — garden centre
Sh 3A (Mountain Road) 300, 4373 New Plymouth · 11 km · woodleigh.co.nz
Paradise Valley Berry Farm — farm shop
Corbett Road 351 · 9 km