Best time to plant garlic in Melbourne
Allium sativum
Sow garlic in Melbourne in Feb to Jun.
Prized for a pungent smell and flavour that come from sulfur compounds, garlic is a bulbous perennial used as a seasoning for thousands of years. It shares a genus with onion, shallot, leek and chives, and hundreds of varieties exist across its two subspecies.
When to sow in Melbourne
Melbourne, VIC is in the cool zone. Its months for garlic apply here without a frost adjustment.
Broadly matches local guides, with some differences.
Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.
Frost in Melbourne
Frost usually arrives in Melbourne around mid June and finishes by late August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late May or as late as late September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.
From the average of its 2 Bureau of Meteorology stations, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.
On a shared plot: suits a plot
Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.
Growing details
- How to start
- Sow directly in the bed
- Sowing depth
- 3cm
- Plant spacing
- 10cm
- Row spacing
- 10cm
- Height
- 40cm
- Time to harvest
- 270 days
- Frost
- Hardy, takes a light frost
- Sun
- Full sun
- Life cycle
- perennial, usually grown as an annual
These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.