When to plant garlic in Santa Fe (United States): 26 September – 11 December

In Santa Fe (United States), garlic: plant from 26 September to about 11 December.

Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

The date is about two weeks before the average daily temperature here falls below 0 °C (ten years of weather): an estimate, not the day the ground freezes, and a cold spell can freeze it earlier. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS, how the ground freezes (NRC Canada, CBD-26).

Garlic in Santa Fe (United States): soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Santa Fe (United States) from 26 September to about 11 December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in November–February; the coldest, January, averages -6.8 °C.

Planting	26 September – 11 December
First autumn frost	26 October
Coldest nights	January, -6.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	7 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:02 on 26 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:44

The same dates in Santa Fe (United States) hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Santa Fe (United States): care after planting

Planted on 26 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

26 September — feed: nitrogen
24 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

Around Santa Fe (United States), Colorado Springs is 11 days earlier and El Paso 40 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Albuquerque	94 km	10 October – end of December	14 days later
Pueblo	309 km	28 September – end of December	2 days later
Colorado Springs	363 km	15 September – 16 December	11 days earlier
Las Cruces	384 km	25 October – end of December	29 days later
El Paso	440 km	5 November – end of December	40 days later
Grand Junction	444 km	27 September – 7 December	1 day later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Santa Fe (United States)

Planting stock goes into the ground from 26 September to about 11 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Santa Fe (United States) OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 4 plant nurseries and 3 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Newman's Nursery — garden centre
11 km
Five Corners — market
6 km
Payne's Nurseries North — plant nursery
3 km
Newman's Nurery — plant nursery
11 km

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