When to plant Garlic in Fez Meknes

Morocco

Garlic (Allium sativum) is grown for its compound bulb — the head that splits into the cloves you cook with.

Garlic in Fez Meknes, rain-fed and with irrigation
Measure	Rain-fed	With irrigation
Fit	Favourable
When to plant	26 Sep 2026 – 16 Oct 2026 open now	1 Jan 2027 – 10 Feb 2027
Expected harvest	5.1–6.0 t/ha	about 16.4 t/ha
Harvest	From 24 Jan 2027 to 14 May 2027, depending on the planting date
Ready to harvest	120–210 days after planting
Work it takes	123–248 days per hectare, by hand
Rain meets its needs	95%

Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.

If you only get one chance to plant, aim for around 6 Oct 2026. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.

This season's rainfall outlook for Fez Meknes is close to normal, so these dates match the pattern the area usually follows.

Planting after 16 Oct 2026 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.

What decides this in Fez Meknes

Rain and temperature	76%
The soil	88%
The lie of the land	88%

For garlic in Fez Meknes, rain and temperature is the tightest of the three at 76%. This one is fixed. It is why the planting window above is where it is — hitting those dates is the whole of your control here.

The 2026/27 season in Fez Meknes

When the rains are expected	October 2026 to April 2027
Rain in a typical year	About 448 mm in a typical farming district
Across its districts	From about 281 mm in the driest of 9 districts to about 527 mm in the wettest
This season's rain	Rain close to usual — plan around about 448 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heat	Hotter than usual — about +1.5 °C over the growing months. Heat makes the same rain do less, so a dry spell bites sooner: do not plant late, and shade or mulch what you can.
What that supports	enough rain for one full main crop, warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth
Ground this covers	4 kinds of ground. The season below is one typical farming district's, not a figure for the whole of this area.

Agro-ecological zones covering this area
47%	enough rain for one full main crop; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 210 growing days · about 490 mm · October to April
23%	enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth no rain-fed season · about 180 mm
23%	too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation; cool for part of the year, so frost sets the planting date no rain-fed season · about 230 mm
6%	enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 166 growing days · about 330 mm · October to April

last updated 18 September 2026 · from all 9 areas within it

Temperature holds back about 40% of yield here.

What garlic needs to grow here

Soil it likes	well-drained sandy loam or loam soil
Soil sourness (pH)	Happiest between pH 6.5 and 7.5
Spacing	30 cm between rows, 10 cm between plants
Feed it most with	sulphur, nitrogen and potassium

What it takes to grow garlic in Fez Meknes

Nitrogen (N)	About 59 kg per hectare
Phosphate (P₂O₅)	About 24 kg per hectare
Potash (K₂O)	About 59 kg per hectare
In the shops	A basal compound at planting — Compound D, or an NPK blend — covers the phosphate and potash. A nitrogen top dressing — urea or AN — goes on once the crop is established.
Hand work	123–248 days per hectare, by hand

These are the nutrients a garlic crop of that size carries off the field. What you actually apply depends on what your soil already holds — which is what a soil test, or the app's field records, tell you.

What to watch for

Pest/disease risk — manageableSoil pH outside the crop's rangeCorrect soil pH (acidifier)

Grow Garlic with a plan, not a guess

Everything above describes Fez Meknes as a whole — your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates. The Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.

Or check your field first

Garlic in nearby districts

How to grow Garlic, step by step Land preparation to harvest — every task, in order

Frequently asked questions

Will garlic grow well in Fez Meknes?

Fez Meknes rates as favourable for garlic.

When should I plant garlic in Fez Meknes?

Typically 26 Sep 2026 to 16 Oct 2026, forecast-adjusted.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across Fez Meknes, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.