When to plant garlic in Santa Clara: 16 September – 15 December

In Santa Clara, garlic: plant from 16 September to 15 December. For garlic here we follow a national source (Muñoz et al. 2010, Alvarez-Pinedo et al. 2023, Revista Ciencias Técnicas Agropecuarias). For planting stock, the places nearby include Placita La Ciruela (farm shop, 0 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic in Santa Clara: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Santa Clara from 16 September to 15 December. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 18.6 °C.

Planting	16 September – 15 December
Coldest nights	January, 18.6 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:57 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:46

Garlic in Santa Clara: 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

5 of the nearest cities share Santa Clara's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Camagüey	239 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Havana	260 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Miami	373 km	1 October	15 days later
Pinar del Río	382 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Bayamo	410 km	16 September – 15 December	same day
Holguín	417 km	16 September – 15 December	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Santa Clara

Planting stock goes into the ground from 16 September to 15 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Santa Clara OpenStreetMap lists 2 farm-supply shops, 12 markets and 26 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Candonga de catres — market
Mon–Sat 09:00–22:00 · 1 km
Mercado La Selecta — market
Maceo 152 · 2 km
MiPyME — market
5ta · 1 km
Placita La Ciruela — farm shop
Felix Huergo, 50100 Santa Clara · Mon–Sat 07:00–11:00, 16:00–19:00 · 0 km

Questions

When to plant garlic in Santa Clara?

In Santa Clara, garlic: plant from 16 September to 15 December. For garlic here we follow a national source (Muñoz et al. 2010, Alvarez-Pinedo et al. 2023, Revista Ciencias Técnicas Agropecuarias).