When to plant garlic in Salto: 1 April – end of June

In Salto, garlic: plant from 1 April to the end of June. For garlic here we follow a national source (INIA Uruguay, Boletín de Divulgación 111): it is planted from 16 April to the end of June.

Garlic in Salto: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Salto from 1 April to the end of June. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 8.8 °C.

Planting	1 April – end of June
Coldest nights	July, 8.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:46 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:06

Garlic in Salto: care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

1 April — feed: nitrogen
29 April — 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

2 of the nearest cities share Salto's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Paysandú	105 km	16 April – end of June	15 days later
Tacuarembó	191 km	16 April – end of June	15 days later
Rivera	236 km	16 April – end of June	15 days later
Paraná	247 km	1 April	same day
Santa Fe	262 km	1 April	same day
Rosario	307 km	by 16 May	45 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Salto

Planting stock goes into the ground from 1 April to the end of June; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Salto OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres and 3 markets (collected 20 October 2026).

Vivero San Roque — garden centre
6 km
Vivero Zordan — garden centre
8 km
Las Pulgas — market
6 km
Supermercado El Picú — market
3 km

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