When to plant garlic in Pretoria

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 Pretoria: 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 July, average 5.6 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	July, 5.6 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:50 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:32

Garlic in Pretoria: 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

4 of the nearest cities share Pretoria's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Johannesburg	52 km	by 6 May	35 days later
Bloemfontein	423 km	5 May – end of June	34 days later
Maputo	439 km	1 April	same day
Durban	535 km	1 April	same day
Beira	946 km	1 April	same day
Cape Town	1,308 km	1 April	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Pretoria

Within 15 km of Pretoria OpenStreetMap lists 15 garden centres, 6 plant nurseries and 3 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Gariep — garden centre
13 km
Plant Park — garden centre
8 km
Pavilion — garden centre
9 km
Plant Ranch — garden centre
10 km