The geographical location of Poland is related to the transitional climate. It is especially felt in winter, when the weather changes rapidly and quickly (even during the day and night).There are warm and cold days when the temperature drops below 15 ° C.
Unfortunately, a high drop in temperatures is often accompanied by strong eastern winds, to which trees and shrubs are always green coniferous, such as a tufted cypress, giant mammoth or deciduous: eastern laurel, rhododendrons or prickly holly. It manifests itself in the drying out of these plants, because the wind melts the surface of the leaf blade, forcing it to transpire, i.e. to evaporate the water.
The consequence of this is not always shoots freezing, but plant death or death of individual shoots as a result of drying out, i.e. lack of water.The plant is unable to extract water from the soil, because the soil is frozen.Therefore, it is important to cover the soil with organic mulches, such as bark, wood chips, cut grass, leaves.
They protect the root system against freezing, keep moisture, and allow the hairs responsible for water uptake to grow quickly.It is also important to protect leaves and shoots from winds, to do this we wrap them with a shading net or a non-woven fabric.
The materials must be permeable to air (foil and chalky paper are not suitable, because inside them an atmosphere saturated with moisture is created, which leads to freezing of the shoots when the temperatures fall at night).
