When to plant garlic in Vladikavkaz: 22 September – 23 November

In Vladikavkaz, garlic: plant from 22 September to about 23 November.

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 Vladikavkaz: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Vladikavkaz from 22 September to about 23 November; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in November–March; the coldest, January, averages -7.3 °C.

Planting	22 September – 23 November
First autumn frost	22 October
Coldest nights	January, -7.3 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	26 March
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight	12:12 on 22 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	9:00

The same dates in Vladikavkaz hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Vladikavkaz: care after planting

Planted on 22 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

22 September — feed: nitrogen
20 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

Around Vladikavkaz, Vanadzor is 27 days earlier and Kutaisi 59 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Nalchik	99 km	4 October – 19 December	12 days later
Tbilisi	147 km	16 October – end of December	24 days later
Kutaisi	182 km	20 November – end of December	59 days later
Makhachkala	230 km	10 November – end of December	49 days later
Vanadzor	248 km	26 August – 29 October	27 days earlier
Gyumri	259 km	20 September – 23 November	2 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Vladikavkaz

Planting stock goes into the ground from 22 September to about 23 November; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Vladikavkaz OpenStreetMap lists 1 garden centre, 11 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

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