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When to plant tulips in Oskemen: 1 September – 18 October

In Oskemen, tulip: plant from 1 September to about 18 October.

Bulbs are best planted early in the window: late-planted bulbs may flower later or less well. Late planting works only while the soil can be dug. 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: Iowa State University Extension, Wisconsin Horticulture Extension, UNH Extension, RHS, how the ground freezes (NRC Canada, CBD-26).

Tulip in Oskemen: soil, season and weather

Nights then average below 0 °C in October–April; the coldest, January, averages -18.1 °C.

Planting1 September – 18 October
First autumn frost1 October
Coldest nightsJanuary, -18.1 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring20 April
Daylight13:32 on 1 September
Daylight at the winter solstice8:05

The same dates in Oskemen hold for Garlic, Daffodil, Crocus and Hyacinth.

Tulip in Oskemen: depth, winter cold, pests and pets

Plant tulips at a depth of two to three times the bulb’s height, at least twice the bulb’s width apart, pointed end up (RHS). Where winters are very cold, tulips benefit from deeper planting to protect them from frost penetrating the soil (RHS); here the average daily temperature drops below 0 °C in winter.

In Oskemen the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 30 weeks a year (our estimate from ten years of monthly weather). For this bulb Wisconsin Horticulture Extension gives a cold period of 15–17 weeks at about 2–10 °C. The winter here gives that in the ground, so the bulbs need no pre-chilling.

Border tulips often fail to flower in their second year if left in the ground, so many gardeners grow them for one spring and plant fresh bulbs each autumn; Darwin hybrid and Kaufmanniana tulips reflower more reliably (RHS). Soils that stay wet in summer make reflowering difficult (RHS): in Oskemen the three warmest months bring about 183 mm of rain together.

Grey squirrels often dig up tulip bulbs: lay chicken wire over the bed until the leaves appear, or plant daffodils among them, which squirrels avoid (RHS). Tulips are toxic to dogs, cats and horses, the bulb most of all (ASPCA).

Sources: RHS, Wisconsin Horticulture Extension, ASPCA.

Tulip in nearby cities

Around Oskemen, Novosibirsk is 3 days earlier and Taldykorgan 7 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Semey177 km30 August – 18 October2 days earlier
Barnaul386 km30 August – 13 October2 days earlier
Pavlodar472 km4 September – 16 October3 days later
Novokuznetsk525 km31 August – 10 October1 day earlier
Novosibirsk565 km29 August – 9 October3 days earlier
Taldykorgan634 km8 September – 4 November7 days later

Where to buy tulip for planting in Oskemen

Planting stock goes into the ground from 1 September to about 18 October; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Oskemen OpenStreetMap lists 12 markets and 3 farm shops (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Oskemen?

In Oskemen, tulip: plant from 1 September to about 18 October. Bulbs are best planted early in the window: late-planted bulbs may flower later or less well. Late planting works only while the soil can be dug. Mulch after planting.

When is the last spring frost in Oskemen?

Last spring frost around 3 May, first autumn frost around 1 October.

Other crops in Oskemen, with their dates