When to plant garlic in Yakutsk: 19 August – 19 September

In Yakutsk, garlic: plant from 19 August to about 19 September. For planting stock, the places nearby include Баат (farm shop, 2 km) and Индигирка, магазин (farm shop, 6 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 Yakutsk: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Yakutsk from 19 August to about 19 September; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in October–April; the coldest, January, averages -40.4 °C.

Planting	19 August – 19 September
First autumn frost	18 September
Coldest nights	January, -40.4 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	18 May
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: April
Daylight	15:40 on 19 August
Daylight at the winter solstice	5:08

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

Garlic in Yakutsk: care after planting

Planted on 19 August: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

19 August — feed: nitrogen
16 September — 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

All the nearest cities on our list plant garlic later than Yakutsk; the closest date is in Chita, 5 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Blagoveshchensk	1,313 km	3 September – 9 October	15 days later
Chita	1,474 km	24 August – 3 October	5 days later
Khabarovsk	1,543 km	16 September – 15 October	28 days later
Ulan-Ude	1,742 km	30 August – 7 October	11 days later
Irkutsk	1,857 km	31 August – 8 October	12 days later
Vladivostok	2,108 km	6 October – 8 November	48 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Yakutsk

Planting stock goes into the ground from 19 August to about 19 September; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Yakutsk OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets and 5 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Kruzhalo — market
улица Аммосова 1, 677018 Якутск · 1 km
Сайсары — market
улица Лермонтова 62/2БА, 677005 Якутск · 1 km
Баат — farm shop
Ильменская улица 27Б, 677008 Якутск · 2 km
Индигирка, магазин — farm shop
улица Можайского 19/3 А, 677014 Якутск · 6 km

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