When to plant garlic in Yoshkar-Ola: 12 September – 24 October

In Yoshkar-Ola, garlic: plant from 12 September to about 24 October. For planting stock, the places nearby include Ваше огородие (farm supply, 3 km) and Топаз (farm supply, 3 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 Yoshkar-Ola: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Yoshkar-Ola from 12 September to about 24 October; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in November–April; the coldest, January, averages -12.9 °C.

Planting	12 September – 24 October
First autumn frost	12 October
Coldest nights	January, -12.9 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	20 April
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight	13:05 on 12 September
Daylight at the winter solstice	6:48

The same dates in Yoshkar-Ola hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Yoshkar-Ola: care after planting

Planted on 12 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

12 September — feed: nitrogen
10 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 Yoshkar-Ola, Kirov is 10 days earlier and Ulyanovsk 11 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Cheboksary	69 km	17 September – 27 October	5 days later
Kazan	121 km	13 September – 28 October	1 day later
Nizhny Novgorod	241 km	18 September – 29 October	6 days later
Kirov	242 km	2 September – 19 October	10 days earlier
Ulyanovsk	259 km	23 September – 31 October	11 days later
Naberezhnye Chelny	298 km	10 September – 23 October	2 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Yoshkar-Ola

Planting stock goes into the ground from 12 September to about 24 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Yoshkar-Ola OpenStreetMap lists 3 garden centres, 5 farm-supply shops, 3 markets and 2 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Ваше огородие — farm supply
Mon–Sat 08:00–19:00; Sun 08:00–17:00 · 3 km
Топаз — farm supply
Mon–Fri 08:00–17:30; Sat 08:00–14:30 · 3 km
Всё для дачи и садоводов — garden centre
2 km
Оптовая база — market
3 km

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