Greenly Garden

When to plant garlic in Toowoomba

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April. For planting stock, the places nearby include Hastings Deering (farm supply, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic in Toowoomba: soil, season and weather

There is no autumn frost here and the winter is too warm for our late-planting rule, so we give no planting window; the calendar’s default autumn date is 1 April. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in July, average 7.8 °C.

Planting1 April
Coldest nightsJuly, 7.8 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight11:49 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice10:24

Garlic in Toowoomba: care after planting

Planted on 1 April: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

  • 1 April — feed: nitrogen
  • 29 April — 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 Toowoomba, Newcastle is 31 days earlier and Dubbo 49 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Brisbane107 km1 Aprilsame day
Gold Coast152 km1 Aprilsame day
Rockhampton487 km1 Aprilsame day
Newcastle597 km1 March – 30 April31 days earlier
Dubbo614 kmby 20 May49 days later
Orange692 km1 March – end of June31 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Toowoomba

Within 15 km of Toowoomba OpenStreetMap lists 1 farm-supply shop, 1 plant nursery, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 20 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.