When to plant garlic in Saltillo: by 27 October

In Saltillo, garlic: plant by 27 October. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Garlic in Saltillo: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 5.4 °C.

Planting	by 27 October
First autumn frost	26 November
Coldest nights	January, 5.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	11:18 on 27 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:33

Garlic in Saltillo: care after planting

Planted on 27 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

27 October — feed: nitrogen
24 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

1 of the nearest cities share Saltillo's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Monterrey	72 km	by 23 November	27 days later
Torreón	245 km	by 16 November	20 days later
Nuevo Laredo	270 km	by 23 November	27 days later
Reynosa	280 km	by 23 November	27 days later
Zacatecas	337 km	by 27 October	same day
San Luis Potosí	365 km	by 15 November	19 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Saltillo

Planting stock goes into the ground by 27 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Saltillo OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado de Finde — market
Sat, Sun 07:00–13:00 · 8 km
Nuevo Mercado Municipal — market
2 km
Centro Comercial Francisco I. Madero — market
3 km

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