When to plant garlic in Santander: 1 October – end of December

Garlic in Santander: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Santander from 1 October to the end of December. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 7.1 °C.

Garlic in Santander: 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:

• Onion fly
• Bacterial soft rot
• Downy Mildew
• Rust
• White mould (Sclerotinia)

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 Santander's date.

Where to buy garlic for planting in Santander

Planting stock goes into the ground from 1 October to the end of December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Santander OpenStreetMap lists 6 garden centres, 5 farm-supply shops, 13 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

• Mercado de La Esperanza — market
  Plaza de la Esperanza 12, 39002 Santander · Mon–Sat 08:00–14:00; Thu, Fri 17:00–19:30 · 1 km
• Mercado de México — market
  Calle Alta 133, 39008 Santander · Mon–Wed 08:30–14:00; Thu–Fri 08:30–14:00, 17:00–20:00; Sat 08:30–15:00 · 2 km
• Mercadillo de la Esperanza — market
  Plaza de la Esperanza, 39001 Santander · Mon–Sat 09:00–14:00 · 1 km
• Mercadillo de la Plaza de México — market
  Plaza de México, Santander · Tue, Fri 09:00–14:00 · 3 km

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant garlic in Santander?

In Santander, garlic: plant from 1 October to the end of December. In Spain garlic is planted from October in every region (Spain’s agriculture ministry, MAPA, Hojas Divulgadoras 1/84); we give October to December.