When to plant garlic in Tacuarembó: 16 April – end of June

In Tacuarembó, garlic: plant from 16 April to the end of June. For garlic here we follow a national source (INIA Uruguay, Boletín de Divulgación 111).

Garlic in Tacuarembó: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Tacuarembó from 16 April to the end of June. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 7.5 °C.

Planting	16 April – end of June
First autumn frost	14 June
Coldest nights	July, 7.5 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: January
Daylight	10:31 on 15 May
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:04

Garlic in Tacuarembó: care after planting

Planted on 15 May: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

15 May — feed: nitrogen
12 June — 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 Tacuarembó, Salto is 15 days earlier and Santa Maria 28 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Rivera	99 km	16 April – end of June	same day
Salto	191 km	1 April – end of June	15 days earlier
Paysandú	209 km	16 April – end of June	same day
Santa Maria	307 km	by 14 May	28 days later
Pelotas	344 km	1 April	15 days earlier
Colonia del Sacramento	352 km	1 April – end of June	15 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Tacuarembó

Planting stock goes into the ground from 16 April to the end of June; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Tacuarembó OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery (collected 28 October 2026).

Nursery — plant nursery
11 km

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