When to plant garlic in Ponta Delgada

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 Ponta Delgada: 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 February, average 13 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	February, 13 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:49 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:33

Garlic in Ponta Delgada: 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 Ponta Delgada's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Funchal	976 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Santa Cruz de La Palma	1,246 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	1,352 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Las Palmas	1,432 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Lisbon	1,446 km	1 October	same day
Setúbal	1,468 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Ponta Delgada

Within 15 km of Ponta Delgada OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 4 farm-supply shops, 1 plant nursery and 1 market (collected 27 October 2026).

Agro Maçanita — garden centre
5 km · agromacanita.com
Cooperativa Agrocapelense — farm supply
10 km
Canteiros de plantas — plant nursery
1 km
Mercado da Graça — market
Mon–Thu 07:00–18:00; Fri 07:00–19:00; Sat 07:00–14:00 · 1 km