When to plant garlic in Rzeszów: 16 October – 20 December

In Rzeszów, garlic: plant from 16 October to about 20 December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Sklep z miodem WZP (farm shop, 1 km) and Masz (garden centre, 3 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

The date is about two weeks before the average daily temperature here falls below 0 °C (ten years of weather): an estimate, not the day the ground freezes, and a cold spell can freeze it earlier. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS, how the ground freezes (NRC Canada, CBD-26).

Garlic in Rzeszów: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Rzeszów from 16 October to about 20 December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in December–February; the coldest, January, averages -3.4 °C.

Planting	16 October – 20 December
First autumn frost	15 November
Coldest nights	January, -3.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	6 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	10:46 on 16 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	8:04

The same dates in Rzeszów hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Rzeszów: care after planting

Planted on 16 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

16 October — feed: nitrogen
13 November — 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

All the nearest cities on our list plant garlic earlier than Rzeszów; the closest date is in Lviv, 3 days earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Drohobych	133 km	21 September – 7 December	25 days earlier
Kielce	134 km	5 October – 13 December	11 days earlier
Lublin	140 km	11 October – 15 December	5 days earlier
Lviv	147 km	13 October – 10 December	3 days earlier
Kraków	147 km	2 October – 28 December	14 days earlier
Uzhhorod	159 km	1 October – 27 December	15 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Rzeszów

Planting stock goes into the ground from 16 October to about 20 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Rzeszów OpenStreetMap lists 14 garden centres, 4 plant nurseries, 5 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Szkółka drzew i krzewów ozdobnych — garden centre
Mon–Fri 07:00–17:00; Sat 08:00–15:00 · 9 km · iglaki-dziak.pl
Masz — garden centre
Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–14:00 · 3 km
Plac Targowy Moniuszki — market
Stanisława Moniuszki 11 · Mon–Fri 07:00–15:00; Sat 06:30–13:30 · 0 km
Sklep z miodem WZP — farm shop
8 Marca 3, 35-065 Rzeszów · Mon–Fri 08:00–18:00; Sat 08:00–13:00 · 1 km · wzp.rzeszow.pl

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