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When to plant tulips in Radom: 16 October – 24 December

In Radom, tulip: plant from 16 October to about 24 December.

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 Radom: soil, season and weather

Nights then average below 0 °C in December–March; the coldest, January, averages -3.1 °C.

Planting16 October – 24 December
First autumn frost15 November
Coldest nightsJanuary, -3.1 °C
Soil back at 7 °C in spring1 April
Daylight10:42 on 16 October
Daylight at the winter solstice7:51

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

Tulip in Radom: 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 Radom 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 Radom the three warmest months bring about 224 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 Radom, Kraków is 14 days earlier and Warsaw 2 days later.

CityDistanceDateDifference
Warsaw93 km18 October – 27 December2 days later
Łódź123 km5 October – 22 December11 days earlier
Częstochowa156 km11 October – 19 December5 days earlier
Rzeszów163 km16 October – 20 Decembersame day
Kraków172 km2 October – 28 December14 days earlier
Brest191 km14 October – 12 December2 days earlier

Where to buy tulip for planting in Radom

Planting stock goes into the ground from 16 October to about 24 December; buy it before that. Within 15 km of Radom OpenStreetMap lists 11 garden centres, 13 plant nurseries and 6 markets (collected 28 October 2026).

Places: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Questions

When to plant tulips in Radom?

In Radom, tulip: plant from 16 October to about 24 December. 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 Radom?

Last spring frost around 20 April, first autumn frost around 15 November.

Other crops in Radom, with their dates