When to plant garlic in Valledupar

Garlic in Valledupar: 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 October, average 23 °C.

Garlic in Valledupar: 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:

• Onion fly
• Bacterial soft rot
• Downy Mildew
• Rust
• White mould (Sclerotinia)

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 Valledupar's date.