When to plant garlic in Veracruz

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 Veracruz: 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 19.1 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 19.1 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	11:59 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:58

Garlic in Veracruz: 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

4 of the nearest cities share Veracruz's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Xalapa	89 km	1 October	same day
Puebla	216 km	1 October	same day
Oaxaca	245 km	1 October	same day
Pachuca	289 km	by 11 November	41 days later
Mexico City	314 km	by 9 November	39 days later
Cuernavaca	325 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Veracruz

Within 15 km of Veracruz OpenStreetMap lists 5 garden centres, 1 plant nursery and 10 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Kärcher — garden centre
2 km
Vivero La Casita Blanca — garden centre
5 km
Vivero Anita — garden centre
8 km
Pecacima — garden centre
8 km