The climate for gardening in Poland

I didn't think it would warrant this kind of meltdown though!


That's fine and I can do the same thing highlighting more of your copying and pasting. It's not honest to mislead people.

haven't been around here long, have you?

narcissists have extremely low meltdown points....

Are we not allowed to copy and paste or are you just playing Mod again ?
If apples are red and I say that I have red apples and you google red apples and they say that apples are red too, does that mean I can't say that my apples are red ?

You are just playing your normal Karen b1tch so let's play honey. 🤑


Well woopty do ! 😅
Bring it on Gravel Girty and we will see how long it takes for me to push you over the edge and you have another meltdown and use your ignore function again. Hoot ! 😎

Thanks for your advice. Yesterday I collected the first crop this season. I expect there will be 3 more. :):):)

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My pleasure Pawian,
I always enjoyed eating lots of asparagus the night before a drug testing pee test at work.
The asparagusic acid in it gives your pee a strong stinky smell. 🤣

Amasing! I didn`t notice such a phenomenon in my toilet. :):):)
However, I could have my sense of smell impaired by covid. :):):)

Fortunately, I don`t take drugs so I don`t have to eat asparagus to cover up anything, I do it for pleasure of my taste buds, sort of.


Today, the second harvest and there will be only one more. The plants are still too young and the crop is tiny, in fact.

It's not to cover up anything, it's to annoy the people back that require you to take a pee test when they test it.

Don't get mad, get even like I am doing with certain members with big ego's.
And I am not talking about you monkey man. 🐵

Aaaah! Now I know. Funny.


Of course not. We are talking like cultural educated people now. :):):)

PS. I am getting my seedlings ready for spring planting. Why is there a net over some of them?

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Very smart farmer.
It is called "Scrogging".
It stretches the branches on a plant to let more air flow around them plus allows more sunlight which will produce more flower (fruit) so you can get a higher yield.

The more air flow you have the less likely you will have mold or pests.
I also suggest you put a small fan on them to make the stalk strong and keep the underside of the leaves clean so your plant can take in the maximum amount of Co2.

This method is very popular with marijuana growers..........I have heard. 😎

Sorry, no. :):): You overestimate me now. No, the net has a more practical purpose - it protects seedlings from the damaging activity of our cats who might feel like nibbling at leaves or even lying down on and digging in the pots.


I will try it out when weed becomes legal in Poland. hahahaha

Scrogging is not used just for weed but many plants when you start them to let the stalks get strong enough for them to transplant.


Sorry YES professor. Google "Scrogging"
Helps keep the plant from falling over and breaking if they stretch to fast from the lack of light.
Keep the door closed in the room that you have your plants in to keep your cats out. SIMPLE !
I spray my young plants lightly with Neem oil to kill any mites or potential mold.
Cats hate the smell and taste of it and it is harmless.
In your picture #2 your plants are stretching and need to be replanted into a bigger conatainer.
Plant hem deep right up to the leaves.
Do I need to come to Poland and teach you how to be a farmer too ?

:):):) Relax. I am not belittling you now. Quite the contrary - I am belittling myself. My NO wasn`t for your scrogging which does exist. It was for your smart farmer aka me. :):):)


Yes, simple but impossible because I keep seedling boxes in several places in the house. Some of these places don`t have any doors as they are open plan. :):):)


yes, but my wife and some kids would probably hate the smell, too.


Wow! A very good observation! So you do know sth about gardening after all! hahahaha
Don`t worry. I have been gradually doing the replanting since Easter time.

Given that you somehow thought that waxy potatoes contained more starch than floury ones, that really does surprise me. You even thanked me for correcting you!

https://polishforums.com/food/best-potato-variety-mashing-76243/2/#msg1508246
https://polishforums.com/food/best-potato-variety-mashing-76243/2/#msg1508373

I had long forgotten about this but you even linked to the thread in your post #166!

Shame on me.
See Pam, the amount of sugar in a carrot or the amount of starch in a potato, or the color of a red pepper vs. a green pepper really has not a damn thing to do with your nitpicking of HOW to grow it now does it.

Do you know how stupid you just made yourself look again.. 🙄

Sorry Jim, but you came out as looking stupid in this little debate.......

Look, I know you have to defend your new girlfriend but making an ass out of yourself to do it is true love to say the least. 🤩

Exactly. I worry about our cherry and apricot trees whose fruit buds are very vulnerable to frost.

What is going on??

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Pawian, are those smug pots under those fruit trees ?
Frost usually happens in the very early morning hours so you light those smug pots to wave off the frost the best you can. Correct ?

Sorry, no. The purpose of those "inventions" was different. You need to enlarge the photos to see what the containers contain - there is nothing to burn in them.

You got me by my left nut.
How about just telling us.

Bug killing.

My guess would be that you are attempting to propagate the trees by layering however several things don't seen right. Fruit trees are usually grafted onto a suitable root stock and layering, even air layering, tends to use soil in the vessel to stimulate root growth. I have layered fig trees but never stone fruit. If I was doing that I would like to control the height with either dwarf or medium root stock but it looks like you have the space for full size trees.

They don`t seem right coz it wasn`t layering. I would never do such a thing coz a baby tree costs about 5$ or less here.

What exactly can we see in the cropped photo???

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Perhaps you are placing more blossom to aid pollination but again something doesn't seem right. Most cultivated fruit trees are self pollinating even if they are diploid or even triploid. I've never known anyone to do that so it must be something else.

Excellent guess!! :):)


Your previous sth not right assumption was wrong. This new one is too. Using "again" is a clear mistake on your part. :):):)


I grow varieties which aren`t. Self pollinating trees never give so abundant fruit as cross pollinating ones. I performed that pollinating support for sweet cherry trees. I am not sure if it worked or I should rather thank Goddess for nice temps but I can already see this year there will be a lot of fruit, contrary to last year. The frost from a few days ago didn`t damage them.

Check this Polish site which shows cross pollination tables for varieties of different fruit plants, including such basic ones as apple or pear.

sadowniczy.pl/Drzewka-owocowe-Zapylacze-drzew-owocowych-blog-pol-1581418006.html


Exactly. Coz I live in Poe-land, the Land of Wonders!!! Ha!!! Check my profile. hahahaha

Another riddle comes. Sort of sub riddle: Where did I get those pollinating aid branches from???

I would think the additional blossom was sourced from a place more than a few Km away otherwise there is no point. Its interesting to me as I said I don't know anyone who does this. Do your neighbours have similar trees or is there a market for them?

I finally got round to reading the linked site its generally interesting but there are some errors in the description of bee behaviour especially their flight height and distance travelled.

The site reveals the answer to your question. I really think placing additional blossom is unnecessary despite what the linked site says. The average distance of travel for honey bees for example is 3 miles (4.5 Km) and they can and do fly well over 50 meters. the logic in the website seems sound but it is unnecessary as the pollinators (not just bees) will do the job for you. having said that it will do no harm.

Not a few km but about 100 metres away, from a wild tree which grows next to the path crossing the fields. I am mean and would never clip our own trees for pollinating blossoms.


I don`t know if they do coz they live far from us. :):):) yes, there is a market for sweet cherries, they are very popular in Poland. This year there will be less of them for sale coz frost decimated buds in many regions.


And what do you think I expected when I placed those cut branches inside or under trees???? That the wind would do the job??? :):):)

My approach bore expected fruit - I can see so many fruit buds like never before!! Ha!!!


So this is your first time now. :):):):) Amasing!!!

Rather not. I tend to believe the site which provides very useful info on pollinating fruit plants. While you constantly repeat you have never seen this or that. This means you are still quite green in gardening. :):):) Green like a greenhorn. :):):)