When to plant garlic in Ústí nad Labem: 13 October – 10 December

In Ústí nad Labem, garlic: plant from 13 October to about 10 December. For planting stock, the places nearby include Zahradnické centrum Teplice (garden centre, 14 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 Ústí nad Labem: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Ústí nad Labem from 13 October to about 10 December; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in December–March; the coldest, January, averages -3.5 °C.

Planting	13 October – 10 December
First autumn frost	12 November
Coldest nights	January, -3.5 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	23 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	10:55 on 13 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	7:58

The same dates in Ústí nad Labem hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Ústí nad Labem: care after planting

Planted on 13 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

13 October — feed: nitrogen
10 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 Ústí nad Labem, Liberec is 11 days earlier and Dresden 6 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dresden	48 km	19 October – end of December	6 days later
Prague	71 km	9 October – end of December	4 days earlier
Liberec	74 km	2 October – 7 December	11 days earlier
Plzeň	111 km	6 October – 30 December	7 days earlier
Hradec Králové	137 km	12 October – end of December	1 day earlier
Leipzig	139 km	18 October – end of December	5 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Ústí nad Labem

Planting stock goes into the ground from 13 October to about 10 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Ústí nad Labem OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 1 market and 1 farm shop (collected 28 October 2026).

Zahradnické centrum Teplice — garden centre
Stanová 1998, 41501 · Mon–Sun 08:00–19:00 · 14 km · dvorakasyn.cz
Ústecká burza — market
4 km
Vacheria - farma Kletečná — farm shop
11 km

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