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When to plant garlic in Pontianak

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 Pontianak: 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 23.4 °C.

Planting1 October
Coldest nightsFebruary, 23.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight12:07 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice12:07

Garlic in Pontianak: 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 Pontianak's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Batam602 km1 Octobersame day
Pekanbaru879 km1 Octobersame day
Medan1,252 km1 Octobersame day
Manado1,731 km1 Octobersame day
Chittagong3,127 km1 Octobersame day
Barisal3,255 km1 Octobersame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Pontianak

Within 15 km of Pontianak OpenStreetMap lists 10 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.