When to plant garlic in Orsha: 11 September – 13 November

In Orsha, garlic: plant from 11 September to about 13 November.

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 date is about two weeks before the average daily temperature here falls below 0 °C (ten years of weather): an estimate, not the day the ground freezes, and a cold spell can freeze it earlier. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS, how the ground freezes (NRC Canada, CBD-26).

Garlic in Orsha: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Orsha from 11 September to about 13 November; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in November–March; the coldest, January, averages -7 °C.

Planting	11 September – 13 November
First autumn frost	11 October
Coldest nights	January, -7 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	6 April
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight	13:04 on 11 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:16

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

Garlic in Orsha: care after planting

Planted on 11 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

11 September — feed: nitrogen
9 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

All the nearest cities on our list plant garlic later than Orsha; the closest date is in Smolensk, 1 day later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Mogilev	68 km	17 September – 16 November	6 days later
Vitebsk	77 km	16 September – 14 November	5 days later
Smolensk	110 km	12 September – 8 November	1 day later
Barysaw	127 km	20 September – 19 November	9 days later
Polatsk	150 km	20 September – 19 November	9 days later
Babruysk	170 km	20 September – 21 November	9 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Orsha

Planting stock goes into the ground from 11 September to about 13 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Orsha OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 2 plant nurseries, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

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