When to plant garlic in Sapporo: 17 September – 31 October

In Sapporo, garlic: plant from 17 September to about 31 October. For planting stock, the places nearby include 萩野農園野菜直売所果菜園 (farm shop, 13 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

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 Sapporo: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Sapporo from 17 September to about 31 October; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in November–April; the coldest, January, averages -11.9 °C.

Planting	17 September – 31 October
First autumn frost	17 October
Coldest nights	January, -11.9 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	5 May
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight	12:27 on 17 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:00

The same dates in Sapporo hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Sapporo: care after planting

Planted on 17 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

17 September — feed: nitrogen
15 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 Sapporo, Khabarovsk is 1 day earlier and Niigata 64 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Sendai	534 km	24 October – end of December	37 days later
Niigata	604 km	20 November – end of December	64 days later
Vladivostok	768 km	6 October – 8 November	19 days later
Khabarovsk	774 km	16 September – 15 October	1 day earlier
Tokyo	832 km	14 November – end of December	58 days later
Nagoya	956 km	10 November – end of December	54 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Sapporo

Planting stock goes into the ground from 17 September to about 31 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Sapporo OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 2 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Nijo Market — market
Mon–Sun 07:00–18:00 · 1 km · nijomarket.com
萩野農園野菜直売所果菜園 — farm shop
09:00–19:00 · 13 km
Joyful AK — garden centre
9 km
ヤマグチガーデン — garden centre
4 km

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