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When to plant tulips in Puno: by 26 March

In Puno, tulip: plant by 26 March. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

Tulip in Puno: soil, season and weather

Nights then average below 0 °C in June; the coldest, June, averages -0.1 °C.

Plantingby 26 March
First autumn frost25 April
Coldest nightsJune, -0.1 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in springalready in the first week of July
Daylight12:02 on 26 March
Daylight at the winter solstice11:11

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

Tulip in Puno: 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).

In Puno the average daily temperature stays at 10 °C or lower for about 27 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 Puno the three warmest months bring about 443 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 Puno, Potosí is 82 days earlier and San Juan 56 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
La Paz213 kmby 21 March5 days earlier
Cusco332 kmby 16 May51 days later
Oruro391 kmby 31 March5 days later
Ayacucho541 kmby 1 May36 days later
Potosí614 km3 January – end of June82 days earlier
San Juan1,752 kmby 21 May56 days later

Where to buy tulip for planting in Puno

Planting stock goes into the ground by 26 March; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Puno OpenStreetMap lists 10 markets (collected 27 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Puno?

In Puno, tulip: plant by 26 March. The winter here is too mild for our late-planting rule, so we give no later limit.

When is the last spring frost in Puno?

Last spring frost around 6 October, first autumn frost around 25 April.

Other crops in Puno, with their dates