When to plant garlic in Zacatecas: by 27 October

In Zacatecas, garlic: plant by 27 October. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Garlic in Zacatecas: soil, season and weather

No month averages below 0 °C at night; the coldest nights, in January, average 5.7 °C.

Planting	by 27 October
First autumn frost	26 November
Coldest nights	January, 5.7 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: July
Daylight	11:24 on 27 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	10:44

Garlic in Zacatecas: care after planting

Planted on 27 October: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

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

27 October — feed: nitrogen
24 November — 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 Zacatecas, Guadalajara is 26 days earlier and San Luis Potosí 19 days later.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Aguascalientes	104 km	by 12 November	16 days later
San Luis Potosí	178 km	by 15 November	19 days later
León	206 km	by 15 November	19 days later
Guadalajara	247 km	1 October	26 days earlier
Durango	254 km	by 8 November	12 days later
Irapuato	266 km	1 October	26 days earlier

Where to buy garlic for planting in Zacatecas

Planting stock goes into the ground by 27 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Zacatecas OpenStreetMap lists 3 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Mercado Genaro Codina — market
1 km
González Ortega Mercado — market
1 km
Mercado Roberto del Real Carranza — market
2 km

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