When to plant garlic in Townsville

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 Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Nursery (plant nursery, 5 km); addresses and opening hours are below.

Garlic in Townsville: 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 15.3 °C.

Planting	1 April
Coldest nights	July, 15.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of July
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight	11:55 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:58

Garlic in Townsville: 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

5 of the nearest cities share Townsville's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cairns	283 km	1 April	same day
Rockhampton	597 km	1 April	same day
Toowoomba	1,061 km	1 April	same day
Brisbane	1,111 km	1 April	same day
Gold Coast	1,182 km	1 April	same day
Alice Springs	1,427 km	by 7 May	36 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Townsville

Within 15 km of Townsville OpenStreetMap lists 1 plant nursery and 1 market (collected 20 October 2026).

Willows Rotary Markets — market
Sun 07:30–11:30 · 12 km · townsvillerotarymarkets.com.au
Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Nursery — plant nursery
Fri–Sat 08:00- 14:00 · 5 km