When to plant garlic in Puntarenas

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 Puntarenas: 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 December, average 22.3 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	December, 22.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:02 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:32

Garlic in Puntarenas: 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 Puntarenas's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
San José	82 km	1 October	same day
Liberia	98 km	1 October	same day
San Isidro de El General	140 km	1 October	same day
Limón	197 km	1 October	same day
Bluefields	254 km	1 October	same day
Managua	288 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Puntarenas

Within 15 km of Puntarenas OpenStreetMap lists 4 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Mercado Municipal de Puntarenas — market
Avenida 3 Filiberto Sinfontes, Puntarenas · 0 km
Antigua Fábrica de Hielo Gutiérrez — market
Calle 12, Puntarenas · 0 km
Mini Market — market
Calle Buenos Aires, Paquera · 14 km
Super Los Angeles — market
1 km