Garlic planting

grown by Johann7 in Bed - East · Shorewood, WI

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Planted 2025-11-25
First harvest 2026-07-11 expected
Finished 2026-07-11 expected

Harvest months

Spring

Summer

Autumn

Winter

Highlighted months are when this crop is usually harvested here.

Planted

12 months ago 2025-11-25

Progress

100%

day 355 of 226

Degree days

2,416 of about 1,530 needed

Quantity

12 bulbs

Grown in

full sun

Rating

3 of 5

Grown from

Bulb

Weather in Shorewood, WI New

Daily high and low

Too cold for garlic so farFrom Nov 25 to Jul 09, 59 of 227 days had a high inside the best range of 18–30°C. The low reached the killing temperature of -5°C on 71 days. The highs were below the best range on 156 days and above the best range on 12 days. The weather was too hot on 1 day (highs above 35°C) and too cold on 155 days (lows below 7°C).

Latest, Nov 10: 17.0°C / 4.4°C2 °C frost lineDies at -5 °CGrows at 7–35°Grows best 18–30°

Daily rainfall

Latest, Nov 10: 0.0 mm

Rain: 848 mm
Hottest day: 38.6°C
Coldest night: -27.0°C
Soil temperature: 11.4°C
Days in its best range: 149 of 351
Days: 351

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. The weather is modelled for the area around the garden, not measured in it, and runs a few days behind. The totals, charts and expected weather are our adaptation of that data.

Notes

Unsure exactly when planted or number, overwintered; planted center row for 3/4ths of bed; will adjust count when sprouted

Photos

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by Johann7 2026-02-25 0

Observations

Nothing noticed yet. Note when it flowers, fruits, wilts or falls ill.

2025-11-25 Day 0

Planted

Frost

Experimental · new and might be flaky

Frost danger has passed for this garlic planting

The latest a frost has come in past years is 13 May, 186 days ago. The garlic planting went in on 25 Nov, 158 days before the usual last frost (2 May). 131 nights so far were at or below 2 °C, the coldest -27 °C.

This garlic planting against the frost season

Today, 15 Nov

Frost danger

24 Oct – 2 May

24 Oct →

This planting

Planted 25 Nov

Planted 158 days before the usual last frost

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Usual frost danger
Possible: as early or late as it has come
Planting so far

Coldest night

-27 °C

29 °C below the 2 °C frost danger line

Usual last frost

2 May

has come as late as 13 May

Next frost danger starts

24 Oct

as early as 12 Oct, -22 days from now

Frost-free season

174 days

in a typical year

Experimental: this feature is new and might be flaky. These dates are estimates from 25 km weather-model data, not readings from a station at your garden, so a cold spot can be colder. They may be wrong, so check your national weather service and ask local growers before relying on them.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0)