When to plant garlic in San José

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 San José: 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 February, average 14.3 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	February, 14.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:02 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:33

Garlic in San José: 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 San José's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
San Isidro de El General	76 km	1 October	same day
Puntarenas	82 km	1 October	same day
Limón	115 km	1 October	same day
Liberia	168 km	1 October	same day
Bluefields	234 km	1 October	same day
David	246 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in San José

Within 15 km of San José OpenStreetMap lists 12 garden centres, 6 farm-supply shops, 8 plant nurseries, 27 markets and 4 farm shops (collected 20 October 2026).

Árboles de Navidad Doña Leyla — garden centre
8 km
Vivero Cattleya — garden centre
9 km
Tecnoagrícola — farm supply
11 km
Claudia Ossenbach — farm supply
7 km