When to plant garlic in Okayama: 15 November – end of December

In Okayama, garlic: plant from 15 November to the end of December. For planting stock, the places nearby include JA岡山はなやか南店 (farm shop, 5 km) and 瀬戸内庭園資材 (garden centre, 12 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

The average daily temperature here stays above 0 °C all winter, and at least two months average 10 °C or less: the cold garlic needs, one to two months at 0–10 °C (RHS). The two-month threshold is our rule of thumb. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS.

Garlic in Okayama: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Okayama from 15 November to the end of December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 0.3 °C.

Planting	15 November – end of December
First autumn frost	15 December
Coldest nights	January, 0.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	10:22 on 15 November
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:50

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

Garlic in Okayama: 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 Okayama, Kitakyushu is 45 days earlier and Fukuoka 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Hiroshima	138 km	26 October – end of December	20 days earlier
Osaka	145 km	17 November – end of December	2 days later
Kyoto	174 km	7 November – end of December	8 days earlier
Nagoya	278 km	10 November – end of December	5 days earlier
Kitakyushu	292 km	1 October – end of December	45 days earlier
Fukuoka	345 km	21 November – end of December	6 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Okayama

Planting stock goes into the ground from 15 November to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Okayama OpenStreetMap lists 8 garden centres, 5 farm-supply shops, 3 markets and 19 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

高原農芸 — garden centre
08:30–18:30; Tue closed · 15 km · hanatoyasai.com
瀬戸内庭園資材 — garden centre
09:30–18:00 · 12 km · ameblo.jp
倉敷路地市庭 — market
Sat 09:00–13:00 · 15 km
JA岡山はなやか南店 — farm shop
09:00–16:00 · 5 km · life.ja-group.jp

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