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When to plant garlic in Tunja

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 October.

Garlic in Tunja: 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 October. No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 7.7 °C.

Planting1 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, 7.7 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in springalready in the first week of January
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight12:04 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice11:48

Garlic in Tunja: care after planting

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

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

  • 1 October — feed: nitrogen
  • 29 October — 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

6 of the nearest cities share Tunja's date.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Bogotá121 km1 Octobersame day
Villavicencio159 km1 Octobersame day
Bucaramanga178 km1 Octobersame day
Ibagué238 km1 Octobersame day
Medellín258 km1 Octobersame day
Pereira270 km1 Octobersame day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Tunja

Within 15 km of Tunja OpenStreetMap lists 2 garden centres, 1 farm-supply shop, 3 plant nurseries, 7 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 28 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.