When to plant garlic in Shostka: 20 September – 17 November

In Shostka, garlic: plant from 20 September to about 17 November.

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 Shostka: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Shostka from 20 September to about 17 November; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in November–March; the coldest, January, averages -6.8 °C.

Planting	20 September – 17 November
First autumn frost	20 October
Coldest nights	January, -6.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	25 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight	12:23 on 20 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:46

Garlic in Shostka: care after planting

Planted on 20 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

20 September — feed: nitrogen
18 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 Shostka, Gomel is 3 days earlier and Chernihiv 8 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Konotop	72 km	21 September – 21 November	1 day later
Sumy	140 km	20 September – 20 November	same day
Chernihiv	156 km	28 September – 25 November	8 days later
Bryansk	167 km	20 September – 11 November	same day
Gomel	182 km	17 September – 21 November	3 days earlier
Kursk	187 km	21 September – 14 November	1 day later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Shostka

Planting stock goes into the ground from 20 September to about 17 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Shostka OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

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