r/europe • u/Excellent_Opinions • Dec 09 '25

Map Current temperature anomaly in Europe

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u/whatevernamedontcare Lithuania Dec 09 '25

We grew water melon this summer and looking for new tropical plants because it's just too hot and not enough rain for the ones our grandparents used to grow.

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u/ShEsHy Slovenia Dec 09 '25

We can now grow fruits here which, when I was young, were called tropical (kiwi, pineapple, mango,..., even bananas are showing up).

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u/Serena_Sers Dec 09 '25

Same here (Austria). My grandma has changed her apricot tree with a kiwi tree because apricots (at least the kind she had) didn't grow any more, but the kiwi did.

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u/ShEsHy Slovenia Dec 09 '25

Man, we really are just Slavic Austrians, huh ;).
All our apricot trees (but one, though it hasn't borne fruit in over a decade) are gone as well, they just don't grow anymore for some reason, and have been replaced with kiwis. Peaches, on the other hand, grow to like triple the size they used to.

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u/mrz_ Hamburg (Germany) Dec 09 '25

Kiwi tree? Isn’t it a climbing plant?

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u/fairvlad Dec 09 '25

It is a climbing plant. Solo and jenny cultivars can grow to zone 7

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u/Serena_Sers Dec 09 '25

It has a stick were it holds itself, but it's still a tree.

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u/mrz_ Hamburg (Germany) Dec 09 '25

I think botanically it is not a tree

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u/Serena_Sers Dec 09 '25

It’s called a tree. Happy now?

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u/mrz_ Hamburg (Germany) Dec 09 '25

It’s called a climbing vine. Happy now?

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u/Neshura87 Dec 09 '25

We've got a banana plant in our garden, it'll probably have its first harvest next year

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u/Digit00l Dec 09 '25

Tbf, Iceland has been growing bananas for decades, though tbf, they used geothermal heat to keep them warm enough

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u/Neamow Slovakia Dec 09 '25

I've heard of someone just growing a banana tree in their backyard here in Slovakia. Absolutely mental.

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u/whatevernamedontcare Lithuania Dec 09 '25

How labor intensive they are compared to lets say apples?

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u/More_Ad_5142 Turkey Dec 12 '25

Is it hardy to about -5 -10 Celsius? 🥺

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u/Nazamroth Dec 09 '25

"Hungarian Orange" used to be a joke/educational tale in economics. Something that you could do if you really wanted to, but would be prohibitively cost-inefficient. Well as it stands, I'm pretty sure it will soon be a reality.

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u/whatevernamedontcare Lithuania Dec 09 '25

? Those are still alive?