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When to plant garlic in Trinidad

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.

Garlic in Trinidad: 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 19.2 °C.

Planting1 April
Coldest nightsJuly, 19.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: December
Daylight11:58 on 1 April
Daylight at the winter solstice11:15

Garlic in Trinidad: 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 Trinidad, La Paz is 11 days earlier and Sucre 61 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Cochabamba315 kmby 23 May52 days later
Santa Cruz de la Sierra376 km1 Aprilsame day
La Paz394 km21 March – end of June11 days earlier
Oruro420 km31 March – end of June1 day earlier
Riberalta443 km1 Aprilsame day
Sucre469 kmby 1 June61 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Trinidad

Within 15 km of Trinidad OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre and 9 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.