When to plant garlic in Padang

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 Padang: 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 November, average 25.6 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	November, 25.6 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	12:06 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	12:04

Garlic in Padang: 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

6 of the nearest cities share Padang's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Palembang	540 km	1 April	same day
Bandar Lampung	741 km	1 April	same day
Jakarta	925 km	1 April	same day
Bandung	1,043 km	1 April	same day
Semarang	1,303 km	1 April	same day
Yogyakarta	1,345 km	1 April	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Padang

Within 15 km of Padang OpenStreetMap lists 15 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Pasar Alai — market
24/7 · 3 km
MD Mart — market
tunggul hitam · 6 km
Pasar Raya Padang — market
1 km
Pasar Pagi — market
5 km