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When to plant garlic in Orenburg: 11 September – 28 October

In Orenburg, garlic: plant from 11 September to about 28 October.

Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

The date is about two weeks before the average daily temperature here falls below 0 °C (ten years of weather): an estimate, not the day the ground freezes, and a cold spell can freeze it earlier. Sources: UVM Extension, UNH Extension, RHS, how the ground freezes (NRC Canada, CBD-26).

Garlic in Orenburg: soil, season and weather

Garlic goes into the ground in Orenburg from 11 September to about 28 October; the window opens a month before the first autumn frost. Nights then average below 0 °C in November–March; the coldest, January, averages -14.6 °C.

Planting11 September – 28 October
First autumn frost11 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, -14.6 °C
Soil back at 5 °C in spring10 April
Harvest (card)about 8 months after planting: May
Daylight12:59 on 11 September
Daylight at the winter solstice7:47

The same dates in Orenburg hold for Tulip, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Garlic in Orenburg: care after planting

Planted on 11 September: in the first weeks water every 7 days.

Feeding, by the card’s schedule from that day:

  • 11 September — feed: nitrogen
  • 9 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

Around Orenburg, Magnitogorsk is 15 days earlier and Samara 10 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Sterlitamak216 km6 September – 22 October5 days earlier
Aktobe220 km9 September – 27 October2 days earlier
Oral (Uralsk)260 km13 September – 1 November2 days later
Magnitogorsk320 km27 August – 15 October15 days earlier
Ufa335 km1 September – 23 October10 days earlier
Samara371 km21 September – 30 October10 days later

Where to buy garlic for planting in Orenburg

Planting stock goes into the ground from 11 September to about 28 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Orenburg OpenStreetMap lists 11 farm-supply shops, 11 markets and 37 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant garlic in Orenburg?

In Orenburg, garlic: plant from 11 September to about 28 October. Garlic is best planted early in the window: cloves planted late make smaller bulbs. Late planting works only while the soil is not frozen. Mulch after planting.

When is the last spring frost in Orenburg?

Last spring frost around 25 April, first autumn frost around 11 October.

Other crops in Orenburg, with their dates