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Jack McNulty's avatar

Definitely 15. May when "kalte Sophie" comes and goes...

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Ben Green's avatar

she still seems such a long way off.....! :D

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Kate's avatar

In Scotland (Fife to be precise) the last frost looks to be the last week in April. This is good to know because I moved house last year and need to do something with the garden. What that ‘something’ looks like is unknown as of yet 😂

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Ben Green's avatar

Wow.. that is loads earlier than here. Yet, you're 750km further north! I guess that must be the Torness power station keeping the Forth nice and warm for you :D

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Tiffany Conroy's avatar

Oh hey! I’m new to gardening and I had no idea that I needed to think about last frost. I was considering planting some seeds on our balcony this week (South American cucumber-like mini melons, and Kapuzinerkresse) and now I’ve learned how to anchor my sowing :)

Turns out (as I have already intuited from reading your posts these last couple years) that Berlin is a month shifted from your zone when it comes to Last Frost, as illustrated on this handy map:

https://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-germany-last-frost-date-map.php

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Ben Green's avatar

OMG. You're right, I am a full month behind Berlin! Good work on the staggered sowing. Food gardening is basically wait-wait-wait-panic.

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Peebles's avatar

St Pancras. Just sayin’.

;)

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Peebles's avatar

Wait… how’d that happen?! That *definitely* said St Pancreas when I first read it… 🤨

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Ben Green's avatar

heh... it will still say Pancreas on your email. I got autocorrected :)

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Peebles's avatar

If you wiz done up like a kipper by autocarrot, then Ill let you off. 😉

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Ben Green's avatar

I mean, I did. But I'd like to say that it's an easter egg for my fave mad London Scotsman pedant as well :)

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Peebles's avatar

This just reminds me of something… if you can’t find the answer to a question - even after an extensive internet search - simply go on to social media and tell the world that you know the fact you’re looking is X (X being something you know is incorrect) and within minutes, several people will have corrected you with the right answer.

:D

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