When to plant garlic in Ponce

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. For planting stock, the places nearby include El Vivero de Don Teddy (garden centre, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic in Ponce: 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 21.9 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 21.9 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:59 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:03

Garlic in Ponce: 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

6 of the nearest cities share Ponce's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Arecibo	52 km	1 October	same day
Mayagüez	60 km	1 October	same day
San Juan (Puerto Rico)	73 km	1 October	same day
Higüey	232 km	1 October	same day
San Pedro de Macorís	290 km	1 October	same day
Santo Domingo	355 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Ponce

Within 15 km of Ponce OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 1 market (collected 28 October 2026).

El Vivero de Don Teddy — garden centre
Mon–Fri 08:00–17:00 · 5 km
Plaza de Mercado Reina Isabel II — market
Paseo José L. "Cheo" Feliciano Vega, 00730 Ponce · 1 km