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When to plant garlic in Oaxaca

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 Oaxaca: 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 11 °C.

Planting1 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, 11 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight11:59 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice11:07

Garlic in Oaxaca: 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

5 of the nearest cities share Oaxaca's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Veracruz245 km1 Octobersame day
Puebla269 km1 Octobersame day
Xalapa275 km1 Octobersame day
Cuernavaca336 km1 Octobersame day
Acapulco337 km1 Octobersame day
Mexico City366 kmby 9 November39 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Oaxaca

Within 15 km of Oaxaca OpenStreetMap lists 62 farm-supply shops, 25 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.