When to plant garlic in Ziguinchor

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 Ziguinchor: 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 20.2 °C.

Planting	1 October
Coldest nights	January, 20.2 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring	already in the first week of January
Harvest (card)	about 8 months after planting: June
Daylight	12:01 on 1 October
Daylight at the winter solstice	11:23

Garlic in Ziguinchor: 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

6 of the nearest cities share Ziguinchor's date.

City	Distance	Date	Difference
Dakar	271 km	1 October	same day
Saint-Louis	384 km	1 October	same day
Korhogo	1,212 km	1 October	same day
Bouaké	1,345 km	1 October	same day
Yamoussoukro	1,364 km	1 October	same day
Abidjan	1,567 km	1 October	same day

Where to buy garlic for planting in Ziguinchor

Within 15 km of Ziguinchor OpenStreetMap lists 7 plant nurseries and 10 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Riziere-8 — plant nursery
15 km
Riziere-9 — plant nursery
15 km
Marché Escale — market
1 km
Marché Saint-Maur — market
1 km