Garlic · Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina
When to plant garlic in Resistencia
Main outdoor window
18 May - 1 Jun
The window this page is built around.
Timed from last spring frost
21 July
In Resistencia, on your chosen risk.
Ready to pick
13 Jan - 12 Feb
If you plant at the start of the window.
The average last frost. Half of all years are later than this.
Step by step in Resistencia
Each window is a range, not a single day. Earlier in the range buys you a longer season; later in it buys you a safer one.
Plant cloves
18 May - 1 Jun
Four to six weeks before your first frost, so roots form before the ground cools.
Harvest
13 Jan - 12 Feb
Garlic through the year
Against the frost risk in Resistencia
Why these dates
Plant four to six weeks before your first autumn frost so roots establish before the ground cools. Hardneck types require a genuine cold period and will not bulb properly in mild-winter climates.
Survives -20C under mulch. Hardnecks need six to eight weeks below 10C to form cloves, making this a crop that actively requires winter.
Garlic are anchored to the first autumn frost rather than the last spring one, so the planting window on this page counts backwards from the end of the season in Resistencia instead of forwards from its start.
The median frost-free season here is 343 days, against 240 to 270 days to maturity for this crop counted from sowing. That margin is what decides whether a late sowing is worth attempting.
Also in Resistencia
Other vegetables to time
Growing garlic in Resistencia
When should I plant garlic in Resistencia?
Aim for 18 May - 1 Jun in an average year. If you would rather not gamble on the weather, wait until 1-15 May - by then frost has finished in nine years out of ten.
When will garlic be ready to harvest in Resistencia?
Expect to start picking around 13 Jan - 12 Feb, based on 240 to 270 days to maturity from the planting date calculated for this location.
How much frost will garlic tolerate?
Survives -20C under mulch. Hardnecks need six to eight weeks below 10C to form cloves, making this a crop that actively requires winter.