When to plant garlic in Saint-Louis

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 Saint-Louis: 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 January, average 19 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 19 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:00 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:10

Garlic in Saint-Louis: 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 Saint-Louis's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dakar	180 km	1 October	same day
Ziguinchor	384 km	1 October	same day
Las Palmas	1,349 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Santa Cruz de Tenerife	1,383 km	1 October – end of December	same day
Korhogo	1,385 km	1 October	same day
Puerto del Rosario	1,412 km	1 October – end of December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Saint-Louis

Within 15 km of Saint-Louis OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 6 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Marché Ndar — market
2 km
FRIPERI — market
1 km
marche bou bess — market
1 km
Marché Pikine — market
LEC-01, Saint-Louis · Mon–Sat 08:00–20:00 · 2 km