When to plant garlic in Taganrog: 16 October – 19 December

In Taganrog, garlic: plant from 16 October to about 19 December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Vitamin (farm shop, 2 km) and Мир удобрений (garden centre, 8 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 Taganrog: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Taganrog from 16 October to about 19 December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in December–February; the coldest, January, averages -3.3 °C.

Planting	16 October – 19 December
First autumn frost	15 November
Coldest nights	January, -3.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	9 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	10:53 on 16 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	8:29

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

Garlic in Taganrog: care after planting

Planted on 16 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

16 October — feed: nitrogen
13 November — 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 Taganrog, Pavlohrad is 9 days earlier and Novorossiysk 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Rostov-on-Don	61 km	10 October – 9 December	6 days earlier
Krasnodar	245 km	19 October – end of December	3 days later
Pavlohrad	268 km	7 October – 7 December	9 days earlier
Zaporizhzhia	291 km	13 October – 20 December	3 days earlier
Novorossiysk	293 km	27 October – end of December	11 days later
Dnipro	318 km	9 October – 12 December	7 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Taganrog

Planting stock goes into the ground from 16 October to about 19 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Taganrog OpenStreetMap lists 4 garden centres, 6 markets and 1 farm shop (collected 27 October 2026).

Рынок Приморский — market
4 km
Мир удобрений — garden centre
Mon–Fri 09:00–16:00; Sat 09:00–14:00 · 8 km
Русское поле — market
08:30–20:00 · 4 km
Vitamin — farm shop
Театральная улица 6, 347913 Таганрог · Mon–Sun 08:00–21:00 · 2 km

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