When to plant garlic in Rivera: 16 April – end of June

In Rivera, garlic: plant from 16 April to the end of June. For garlic here we follow a national source (INIA Uruguay, Boletín de Divulgación 111).

Garlic in Rivera: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Rivera from 16 April to the end of June. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 8.1 °C.

Planting	16 April – end of June
First autumn frost	10 June
Coldest nights	July, 8.1 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: January
Daylight	10:40 on 11 May
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:08

Garlic in Rivera: care after planting

Planted on 11 May: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

11 May — feed: nitrogen
8 June — 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

Around Rivera, Salto is 15 days earlier and Santa Maria 28 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Tacuarembó	99 km	16 April – end of June	same day
Santa Maria	214 km	by 14 May	28 days later
Salto	236 km	1 April – end of June	15 days earlier
Paysandú	288 km	16 April – end of June	same day
Pelotas	319 km	1 April	15 days earlier
Posadas	392 km	1 April	15 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Rivera

Planting stock goes into the ground from 16 April to the end of June; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Rivera OpenStreetMap lists 2 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Camelódromo — market
1 km
Feira Cabotiá — market
2 km

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