When to plant garlic in Salta: by 31 May

In Salta, garlic: plant by 31 May. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Garlic in Salta: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in June, average 5.5 °C.

Planting	by 31 May
First autumn frost	30 June
Coldest nights	June, 5.5 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: February
Daylight	10:43 on 31 May
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:36

Garlic in Salta: care after planting

Planted on 31 May: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

31 May — feed: nitrogen
28 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

All the nearest cities on our list plant garlic earlier than Salta; the closest date is in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, 1 day earlier.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
San Salvador de Jujuy	68 km	by 26 May	5 days earlier
San Miguel de Tucumán	225 km	1 April	60 days earlier
Santiago del Estero	354 km	1 April	60 days earlier
Tarija	369 km	by 14 May	17 days earlier
San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca	411 km	by 30 May	1 day earlier
Calama	442 km	1 April	60 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Salta

Planting stock goes into the ground by 31 May; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Salta OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 plant nursery and 5 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Feria Balcarce — market
1 km
Feria Ameghino — market
1 km
Mercado Evita — market
2 km
Paseo Balcarce — market
Antonio Balcarce 875 · 1 km

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