Thanks Luke!💜 I may not have to worry about the shade cloth if I can't keep the chickens out of the garden. They rushed the gate this morning.🤨 I think they had it planned. 🤔
Luke over here upset about 91 degrees 😂😂 - I’m in Las Vegas and it’s a high of 109 today. Trying desperately to just keep my tomatoes from shriveling up to nothing. Shade cloth is our best friend in the desert.
I like, comment, and usually even watch the whole vid for details. But the synopsis is helpful. UA-cam counts the likes and contents as engagement right?
You are so right about the heat. I had to quit a job last year because my boss at the park I worked at insisted that we work in the heat with no breaks or water because we were behind picking weeds out of the flower beds due to being off for the covid crisis. The residents of the city were complaining so even though she was sitting in her air conditioned office, we had to work in 109 degree heat factor. I almost had heat exhaustion. She was reported to OSHA but did do nothing because her bosses backed her up.
Just watched this. I hope it is helpful for us here. I got home today and the temp out side at 3pm had cooled down to 111deg! This kind of thing happens regularly in the High Desert area of Southern California for weeks at a time. It’ll cool down to the 60s at night but be back above 100 for 3 weeks till we get a cold spell and things drop to the mid 90s for a week, then back in the oven. Nice thing about the high desert is that things cool down at night, where the low deserts stay 80s to 90s at night like in Arizona. To make matters even more interesting for gardening up here, it snows randomly in the later winter months making it difficult to raise crops during the winter also. Idea for Joshua Trees and Juniper bushes I guess, because they just love it.:)
I use 20-30% shade cloth in AZ for my tomatoes. They may like a lot of sun but full AZ sun during the summer is a different thing. We're ranging between 7-13% humidity with temperatures in the 100s every day. I have quite a few tomato plants thriving underneath a huge honey locust tree. I may need to buy a 50% shade cloth once it gets into the 110s. I also have a few tomato seedlings that were taken from tomatoes grown in Baja as well as some Wild Texas cherry tomatoes. They are supposed to thrive in hot and arid climates. I'm also thinking about trying some Egyptian spinach to see if I like it more than Malabar. I can only grow spinach during the winter and kale January through March.
We're getting another heat wave right now in Ohio- so your timing is perfect. The weather has been so extreme this Spring it seems like plants don't know whether to grow, freeze, wilt, or bake. Thanks for the tips
north florida here...I lost my spinach plants a few weeks ago. Sure was delicious in salad while it lasted. Next year I will be prepared and informed. Thanks. This is the first year I did some serious gardening and it all because of you. My lettuce is being grown on my screened porch in big buckets and I love the convenience of snipping the lettuce and in a few days, there it is back again. Again Thanks...
Luke, there is no way I can water in the morning, because I leave for work @6:30 AM, it's not an option. Watering is done in the evening after work and we do fine. It used to discourage me to hear I need to water in the AM, And enjoy a cup of coffee and inspect the garden. Everyone doesn't have that option. Wish seasoned gardeners would "give more options/advice" to watering and planting for folks with a different schedule. Especially for new gardeners. I planted tomatoes @6:00 PM after work and they are doing good.
I actually tried something that you brought up some time ago: planting a row of peas and letting them provide shade for crops planted on either side of them. I did this with peas and broccoli and so far this is my first time having actual broccoli heads forming and not going straight to bolt the moment they peek out from the center of the plant. Been getting tons of snap peas, too! Only thing that i have to keep fighting now are those darned cabbage butterflies. 🙄
Yup what a battle: freezer to oven! Popped into my head at 2am to use Ipec water line (and to curl) run thru a couple "T"'s in PVC pipe in cement block to form a halo over the garden tower on the patio to covver it. It also makes great hoops to cover w/ plastic or netting. They tick into shorter pvc pieces set in cement. Little plastic "C" clips hold the cover in place. Battle the wind as well .. double layer of burlap seems to help ... didn't see shade cloth with grommets ... like that idea!
Welcome to "normal" in the South zone 8. Spring cool weather crops bolt to seed almost every single year. And first fall frost can be anywhere from Oct to Dec, so difficult to plan fall crop also. Good information, thank you.
Same with our spinach in TN got a few cuttings made a few meals and then it bolted. I cut out the center and cleaned them up in hopes to get some side growth for another picking from them.
I set up a 3 sprinklers to gently shower my container garden. I have a timer on it set for early morning and early evening for about 10 minutes. All my plants are also mulched so that helps too. So far no issues. I do need to get shade cloth though. I am in Michigan and yesterday it was just in mid 80s...today, expecting almost 90.
I'm located in the same general climate area as you-- when you're hot we're hot and when you're cold we're cold! So I appreciate that you get these videos out quickly in weeks like this when I still have time to react. I had considered the bed sheet thing for part of my garden today & watching you do it has confirmed for me that it's not such a bad idea!
I’m in MN and we’re looking at breaking our record for the longest streak of 90°+ days before mid-June (6 days). 🥵 I am a fan of this weather but some of my plants are not, so this is a well-timed video! My spinach has gone to seed as well, but I’ll probably try planting another batch in late summer.
Thanks for the info and perfect timing. We have a real nasty heat wave here in zone 7 maryland. I found my shade cloth that I’ve had for 10 years and hardly used till now. Who’s says global warming is not a real thing! Trying to keep my spinach ,sugar snap peas and lettuce to keep producing. Watering every morning and shade cloth has kept things alive. The sugar snaps are just now starting to produce. It’s a lot of work I’m dripping from head to toe an hour into watering. Most of my joy for enjoying morning is gone with the deafing sound of the cicadas!
Thanks so much, Luke! Former Ann Arbor girl here weathering the 100 degrees of ultra dry heat here in northern Utah! All of my seedlings say Thank you :-)
Great tips! I was watering at sunset, but what you said makes perfect sense. Maybe if I water early I can catch the rabbits in action! LOL I am currently enjoying the MIgardener slow bolt arugula and I want to make the plants last as long as possible. Thanks, Luke!
I love gardening, never think of it as work. Like your shade idea. I, also, watch "The Veggie Boys", they plant sooo much! I've learned a lot from UA-cam videos, it's a blessing!
Now I have heard that overhead watering doesn't burn the leaves mostly due to quick evaporation. Curtis Stone actually recommends overhead watering during the day to cool the plants. Either way my spinach has bolted in Wisconsin already.
One method I use in my garden is planning location: planting cool loving plants in the semi-shade of my other plants. If in the open field I often like to plant row of cool loving plants on the EAST side of taller heat loving plants like tomatoes or eggplants. That way the cool loving plants are shaded especially during the AFTERNOON heat. Also, I use cattle panel like the one you have in the back of the garden on your video and while I have cucumbers, beans or other vines climbing on top, I have my leafy cool loving plants underneath in semi shade. :)
Thanks Luke! We are still growing our 15 cool weather crops in Chicago in a 33' low tunnel covered in greenhouse plastic with a big air conditioner and a fan midway (to push the air down the tunnel). It's been working really well. and our plants got really big. Sadly, it was 89 degrees today (and will be in the 90's this weekend) and we used a 40 percent shade cloth and it cooled the tunnel down so much. Also, today, we noticed that our spinach went to seed too! And you are so correct about the damp soil acting as a buffer. Our damp soil stayed cool despite the high temps today:)
Thank you for the valuable advice! I do have a question if I may: would the shade cloth laid directly on the veggies draw and retain more heat, being that it's black? Would it be an idea to make sure it's suspended above the plants to allow for better flow and escape of the hot air? I'm thinking of what those ginseng farms do...
We might get up to 100 in MN today. Yesterday hit 97 and it's supposed to stay around 90 for 2 weeks. A week ago we got down to 36 overnight. This is the weirdest weather year I think all over the country!
My spinach also ahah its ok ill keep the seeds...in montreal.. too hot not normal so fast ... i got garlic scapes (flower) sorry im french but normally 15 july... 1 month early
Spring is the toughest time of year to grow anything. WE leive in central ontario which is a zone 5 b and we have gone from 30 C to -4C in a matter of hours, so where i am watering and covering late at night to keep them from freezing and then the next morning i am uncovering and watering because its too Hot to leave them covered and not watered. My radish and beets are so beat up, that it makes more sense for me to just purchase radish and beets from the super market and leave my garden for something we think we have more control over like Tomato , peppers cucumber Zuchinni etc. But its always great to hear ways to TRY to fight the weather. But my experiences says Mother nature is 100 % win and gardeners- Good luck.
@@dizzyowl76 this is my third season in this zone and each year has had its own challenges not including the lack of material. was in town yesterday looking for Mulch and no one had any and some werent expecting any more this season? So weather and covid. What a mess.
I'm in Southern Ontario and it's been a little challenging, got frost damaged cucumbers and basils, and bolting bok choy and mustard greens. My radishes seem ok for now though.
@@Lochness19 YES chanllenging is a good word for it. We need a "luke" for our area, His information is great but sith the slight differences from him to you and you to me it can be difficult. my radishes are so tiny and i started them in April under cover and even the green leaf is extremely small. seems only my kale and swiss chard is doing alright from when i started them, and the day i transplanted the tomato,cucumber zucchinni we got Frost the next two nights , which of course the weather guy were late telling us, got the first warning 5.30 AM the next morning. Good luck with your garden
That's the same heat wave that hit Eastern Washington and there Idaho panhandle.. Today we saw hail along with a cold rain. Never got into the 60s yesterday! (Yup, one good spinach salad and the rest bolted!)
We’ve got another heat wave coming to the panhandle too!! Ugh. The oscillation since March between spring👉🏻winter👉🏻HOT Summer👉🏻cold spring👉🏻heatwave👉🏻rinse and repeat is just insane!
I’m inside. I wasn’t even outside at all last year and spent a weekend hospitalized with dehydration (among other things). Almost 4:30 PM and it’s 91 outside. I’m in Texas. We’re just getting started with the heat. I saw a great analogy on a crackbook group earlier. There is full sun for everyone else, then there is Texas full sun. Texas full sun in the summer is like the sun in the Super Mario Brothers games (or in the desert in Spaceballs).
I have container gardens on my deck. Lots of shade cloth, creating micro climates with shadier areas. Also, today I even put a fan in my mini greenhouse to help ameliorate the 92 degrees. Live in 7a northern Arizona. Prescott..mountains and trees..lot of granite
If you had a few apple or cherry trees in your garden giving you partial shade here and there, you could plant where the mid-day cool will be found, plus you get the benefit of early season, afternoon sun until the leaves fully emerge.
I have a roof on my patio so it helps a little I have shade cloth and shets for 90 degree weather.i can see the bees getting mad if I cover the plants with shade cloth! Wasp are not to nice!
A lot of our cool weather crops are going into dappled sunlight now. There's a coffee tree that has its leaves come out later than most other trees, so it wasn't making any shade in May, but it's starting to make more shade on them now in the afternoon. Same with the silver maple that's giving them dappled sunlight in the morning - the canopy is not too thick, but it does block out about half the sunlight. The spinach and radish are growing in an even shadier spot, where they only get about 4 hours of full sun in the afternoon and then pretty heavy shade in the morning and evening, and I'm training my peas to start growing over them so they'll get even more sun protection later this month.
This. We are starting to learn to plant everything in some degree of shade, or created shade. I only had a couple cabbage heads earlier this year because I had pea vines coiled and draped over the plants. Small heads, but it was an exciting change from only cabbage plants, year after year.
I can’t even believe that it’s in the 90s in Michigan, but it’s been in the 70s & low 80s in Texas & raining for the past month. 😩 My garden has drowned & im over it already
I'm in Northern Indiana and its routinely in the 90's all summer. Not as hot as Texas. I've been there when its in the 100's for days. I don't know how you do it down there.
If you have tomato stakes or bean pole stakes you can attach your lightweight shade cloth with clothes pins . I use freeze cloth and attach with them.if windy may pull off. Take care
It's already getting hot here in the texas panhandle. Got to 82 today. With rheumatoid arthritis, I definitely have to watch it with the weather. Too hot can cause a flare for me. So I limit my time in my garden in the morning before 9 and in the evening after 8.
Thanks for the heads up. I do have a question on your trifecta. Does it support all heavy, light and medium feeders? Learning all about plants and the importance of feeding them. But there are so many types of fertilizer.
I water the night before heavily and the next morning heavily. I have lots of trees even though are young that is protecting and shielding my plants by cooling it.
What percentage of sun would you recommend getting through the shade cloth for vegetables? I live in central Missouri. Thank you for your suggestion. Sincerely, MarkRainbolt
Thanks for the water information. I have been uncertain. I'm wondering if White bed sheets would be better than dark ones. I'll watch for your replies. Thanks a bunch.
Do you have a video on how to grow the cool weather crops for a fall harvest? It's my first time and I'm wondering how to deal with planting the starts out in the August heat.
The reason why the soil remains cool is not do to insulation but rather evaporation. The water essentially evaporates from the soil and cools the soil. Evaporation is a cooling process. This is why you feel colder after a hot shower or cold after a dip in the pool.
A month ago it was this:
5 Ways to Protect Plants From Frost and Freezing Weather
Crazy times we live in!
Welcome to Michigan!!
Perfect timing for this video considering the west coast is seeing temps in the 100s now.
No gigantic i s starting early with the mid 80’. 👎
For real, I wonder what temp it is for him lol. Probably 75.
@@bryans6539 I saw that North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Southern Canada, and surrounding areas were dealing with temps in the 90s and 100s also
@@bryans6539 I saw that North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Southern Canada, and surrounding areas were dealing with temps in the 90s and 100s also
50s in San Francisco and 100s in Sacramento - crazy differences
Thanks Luke!💜
I may not have to worry about the shade cloth if I can't keep the chickens out of the garden. They rushed the gate this morning.🤨 I think they had it planned. 🤔
Luke over here upset about 91 degrees 😂😂 - I’m in Las Vegas and it’s a high of 109 today. Trying desperately to just keep my tomatoes from shriveling up to nothing.
Shade cloth is our best friend in the desert.
1. Water in early morning. 2. Shade cloth. 3. Bedsheets. Happy growing everyone.
or u can delete this and let people watch the video so he gets money from it
I appreciate the cliffnotes, but also enjoy hearing "What is going on, everyone?" with his pleasant Midwestern accent
I like, comment, and usually even watch the whole vid for details. But the synopsis is helpful.
UA-cam counts the likes and contents as engagement right?
Like the setup that he does with the stakes and bed sheet, I may try something similar!
I like to watch the video and I very much appreciate the summary. Anybody know if I can use landscape fabric to drape across for shade cloth?
You are so right about the heat. I had to quit a job last year because my boss at the park I worked at insisted that we work in the heat with no breaks or water because we were behind picking weeds out of the flower beds due to being off for the covid crisis. The residents of the city were complaining so even though she was sitting in her air conditioned office, we had to work in 109 degree heat factor. I almost had heat exhaustion. She was reported to OSHA but did do nothing because her bosses backed her up.
What an evil witch! May she get her karma!
Just watched this. I hope it is helpful for us here. I got home today and the temp out side at 3pm had cooled down to 111deg! This kind of thing happens regularly in the High Desert area of Southern California for weeks at a time. It’ll cool down to the 60s at night but be back above 100 for 3 weeks till we get a cold spell and things drop to the mid 90s for a week, then back in the oven. Nice thing about the high desert is that things cool down at night, where the low deserts stay 80s to 90s at night like in Arizona. To make matters even more interesting for gardening up here, it snows randomly in the later winter months making it difficult to raise crops during the winter also. Idea for Joshua Trees and Juniper bushes I guess, because they just love it.:)
I use 20-30% shade cloth in AZ for my tomatoes. They may like a lot of sun but full AZ sun during the summer is a different thing. We're ranging between 7-13% humidity with temperatures in the 100s every day. I have quite a few tomato plants thriving underneath a huge honey locust tree. I may need to buy a 50% shade cloth once it gets into the 110s. I also have a few tomato seedlings that were taken from tomatoes grown in Baja as well as some Wild Texas cherry tomatoes. They are supposed to thrive in hot and arid climates. I'm also thinking about trying some Egyptian spinach to see if I like it more than Malabar. I can only grow spinach during the winter and kale January through March.
We're getting another heat wave right now in Ohio- so your timing is perfect. The weather has been so extreme this Spring it seems like plants don't know whether to grow, freeze, wilt, or bake. Thanks for the tips
north florida here...I lost my spinach plants a few weeks ago. Sure was delicious in salad while it lasted. Next year I will be prepared and informed. Thanks. This is the first year I did some serious gardening and it all because of you. My lettuce is being grown on my screened porch in big buckets and I love the convenience of snipping the lettuce and in a few days, there it is back again. Again Thanks...
Thank you. It's 97 here today. 100 tomorrow.
Luke, there is no way I can water in the morning, because I leave for work @6:30 AM, it's not an option. Watering is done in the evening after work and we do fine. It used to discourage me to hear I need to water in the AM, And enjoy a cup of coffee and inspect the garden. Everyone doesn't have that option. Wish seasoned gardeners would "give more options/advice" to watering and planting for folks with a different schedule. Especially for new gardeners. I planted tomatoes @6:00 PM after work and they are doing good.
I actually tried something that you brought up some time ago: planting a row of peas and letting them provide shade for crops planted on either side of them. I did this with peas and broccoli and so far this is my first time having actual broccoli heads forming and not going straight to bolt the moment they peek out from the center of the plant. Been getting tons of snap peas, too!
Only thing that i have to keep fighting now are those darned cabbage butterflies. 🙄
Just what I needed as this year we seem to have skipped spring altogether
So much love to you MI gardener !!!
Yup what a battle: freezer to oven! Popped into my head at 2am to use Ipec water line (and to curl) run thru a couple "T"'s in PVC pipe in cement block to form a halo over the garden tower on the patio to covver it. It also makes great hoops to cover w/ plastic or netting. They tick into shorter pvc pieces set in cement. Little plastic "C" clips hold the cover in place. Battle the wind as well .. double layer of burlap seems to help ... didn't see shade cloth with grommets ... like that idea!
Welcome to "normal" in the South zone 8. Spring cool weather crops bolt to seed almost every single year. And first fall frost can be anywhere from Oct to Dec, so difficult to plan fall crop also. Good information, thank you.
I just bought shade cloth and thought maybe I bought the wrong thing. You put my mind at ease that I did ok. Thank you for showing how to use it.
Thanks Luke GODBLESS
Same with our spinach in TN got a few cuttings made a few meals and then it bolted. I cut out the center and cleaned them up in hopes to get some side growth for another picking from them.
I set up a 3 sprinklers to gently shower my container garden. I have a timer on it set for early morning and early evening for about 10 minutes. All my plants are also mulched so that helps too. So far no issues. I do need to get shade cloth though. I am in Michigan and yesterday it was just in mid 80s...today, expecting almost 90.
I'm located in the same general climate area as you-- when you're hot we're hot and when you're cold we're cold! So I appreciate that you get these videos out quickly in weeks like this when I still have time to react. I had considered the bed sheet thing for part of my garden today & watching you do it has confirmed for me that it's not such a bad idea!
I’m in MN and we’re looking at breaking our record for the longest streak of 90°+ days before mid-June (6 days). 🥵 I am a fan of this weather but some of my plants are not, so this is a well-timed video! My spinach has gone to seed as well, but I’ll probably try planting another batch in late summer.
Good timing, we have a heat advisory for the next 3 days.
Thanks for the info and perfect timing. We have a real nasty heat wave here in zone 7 maryland. I found my shade cloth that I’ve had for 10 years and hardly used till now. Who’s says global warming is not a real thing! Trying to keep my spinach ,sugar snap peas and lettuce to keep producing. Watering every morning and shade cloth has kept things alive. The sugar snaps are just now starting to produce. It’s a lot of work I’m dripping from head to toe an hour into watering. Most of my joy for enjoying morning is gone with the deafing sound of the cicadas!
Great idea to use a FITTED sheet!
Thanks so much, Luke! Former Ann Arbor girl here weathering the 100 degrees of ultra dry heat here in northern Utah! All of my seedlings say Thank you :-)
Thank YOUUUUUUUUUU! JUSSSSSSSSST MOVED FROM OHIO TO GEORGIA & MY TRAVELING COOL WEATHER PLANTS NEED THIS!
Always great information in your videos!!👍👍
Great tips! I was watering at sunset, but what you said makes perfect sense. Maybe if I water early I can catch the rabbits in action! LOL I am currently enjoying the MIgardener slow bolt arugula and I want to make the plants last as long as possible. Thanks, Luke!
My spinach went to seed too, nice to know I'm not alone
Same!
Just purchased my first shade cloth this year. Love love love it! We've had our 2nd heat wave this summer and it worked so well.
@luv 2m8 yes but the plants do so much better
I love gardening, never think of it as work. Like your shade idea. I, also, watch "The Veggie Boys", they plant sooo much! I've learned a lot from UA-cam videos, it's a blessing!
Now I have heard that overhead watering doesn't burn the leaves mostly due to quick evaporation. Curtis Stone actually recommends overhead watering during the day to cool the plants. Either way my spinach has bolted in Wisconsin already.
this is just what I need during this 100 degree summer!!!
Thanks Luke
One method I use in my garden is planning location: planting cool loving plants in the semi-shade of my other plants. If in the open field I often like to plant row of cool loving plants on the EAST side of taller heat loving plants like tomatoes or eggplants. That way the cool loving plants are shaded especially during the AFTERNOON heat. Also, I use cattle panel like the one you have in the back of the garden on your video and while I have cucumbers, beans or other vines climbing on top, I have my leafy cool loving plants underneath in semi shade. :)
Thanks Luke! We are still growing our 15 cool weather crops in Chicago in a 33' low tunnel covered in greenhouse plastic with a big air conditioner and a fan midway (to push the air down the tunnel). It's been working really well. and our plants got really big. Sadly, it was 89 degrees today (and will be in the 90's this weekend) and we used a 40 percent shade cloth and it cooled the tunnel down so much. Also, today, we noticed that our spinach went to seed too! And you are so correct about the damp soil acting as a buffer. Our damp soil stayed cool despite the high temps today:)
Thank you! Couldn't have this video at a better time. Very valuable information
Hello from South Australia, 6°c
Ha this is great. I just watched your 5 tips for hot weather vid from a few years ago. Very timely, Luke.
Thank you for the valuable advice! I do have a question if I may: would the shade cloth laid directly on the veggies draw and retain more heat, being that it's black? Would it be an idea to make sure it's suspended above the plants to allow for better flow and escape of the hot air? I'm thinking of what those ginseng farms do...
We might get up to 100 in MN today. Yesterday hit 97 and it's supposed to stay around 90 for 2 weeks. A week ago we got down to 36 overnight. This is the weirdest weather year I think all over the country!
My spinach also ahah its ok ill keep the seeds...in montreal.. too hot not normal so fast ... i got garlic scapes (flower) sorry im french but normally 15 july... 1 month early
Spring is the toughest time of year to grow anything. WE leive in central ontario which is a zone 5 b and we have gone from 30 C to -4C in a matter of hours, so where i am watering and covering late at night to keep them from freezing and then the next morning i am uncovering and watering because its too Hot to leave them covered and not watered. My radish and beets are so beat up, that it makes more sense for me to just purchase radish and beets from the super market and leave my garden for something we think we have more control over like Tomato , peppers cucumber Zuchinni etc. But its always great to hear ways to TRY to fight the weather. But my experiences says Mother nature is 100 % win and gardeners- Good luck.
I feel your pain I’m in the same area.
@@dizzyowl76 this is my third season in this zone and each year has had its own challenges not including the lack of material. was in town yesterday looking for Mulch and no one had any and some werent expecting any more this season? So weather and covid. What a mess.
I'm in Southern Ontario and it's been a little challenging, got frost damaged cucumbers and basils, and bolting bok choy and mustard greens. My radishes seem ok for now though.
I'm now in Southwest Ontario born and raised in Texas. Where are you from Southern Comfort? We are going to get a scorcher today that's for sure.
@@Lochness19 YES chanllenging is a good word for it. We need a "luke" for our area, His information is great but sith the slight differences from him to you and you to me it can be difficult. my radishes are so tiny and i started them in April under cover and even the green leaf is extremely small. seems only my kale and swiss chard is doing alright from when i started them, and the day i transplanted the tomato,cucumber zucchinni we got Frost the next two nights , which of course the weather guy were late telling us, got the first warning 5.30 AM the next morning. Good luck with your garden
That's the same heat wave that hit Eastern Washington and there Idaho panhandle.. Today we saw hail along with a cold rain. Never got into the 60s yesterday! (Yup, one good spinach salad and the rest bolted!)
We’ve got another heat wave coming to the panhandle too!! Ugh. The oscillation since March between spring👉🏻winter👉🏻HOT Summer👉🏻cold spring👉🏻heatwave👉🏻rinse and repeat is just insane!
Luke perfect timing !
Great video
I’m inside. I wasn’t even outside at all last year and spent a weekend hospitalized with dehydration (among other things). Almost 4:30 PM and it’s 91 outside. I’m in Texas. We’re just getting started with the heat. I saw a great analogy on a crackbook group earlier. There is full sun for everyone else, then there is Texas full sun. Texas full sun in the summer is like the sun in the Super Mario Brothers games (or in the desert in Spaceballs).
Very timely video....tomorrow is going to be a hot one in PA. Thanks
Great bed tips :)
Thank you
I have container gardens on my deck. Lots of shade cloth, creating micro climates with shadier areas. Also, today I even put a fan in my mini greenhouse to help ameliorate the 92 degrees. Live in 7a northern Arizona.
Prescott..mountains and trees..lot of granite
Thank you for posting this! I had some plants really struggle yesterday. Hopefully I can help them today!
Awsome, I know I'll be doing this in my garden, especially since a lot of my garden is grown in containers. Thank you for sharing
Love the sheet idea!! Why didn't I think of that. I'm going to cover my snow peas now!!
I loved this nice short video. Direct and to the point.
Here in Ontario we have seen 39 with the humidex in the last couple of weeks. My cucumbers are upset.. lol
Plant spinach in fall and keep clear tub over spinach. Will be ready to pick sometimes in Feb.
It's been a 100-102 here in ND past 3 days...absolutely crazy.....
Thank you! We have the heat coming and I have 8 broccoli I would like to get heads from. We shall see
If you had a few apple or cherry trees in your garden giving you partial shade here and there, you could plant where the mid-day cool will be found, plus you get the benefit of early season, afternoon sun until the leaves fully emerge.
THANK YOU!!! Just the info I needed to save my lettuce crop!
Great tips Luke! We're just getting around to planting our garden so we'll be utilizing some of these!!
Heat wave weekend ahead and my broccoli bolted. Definitely harvesting peas, spinach and greens for weekend meals before any more bolt.
I have a roof on my patio so it helps a little I have shade cloth and shets for 90 degree weather.i can see the bees getting mad if I cover the plants with shade cloth! Wasp are not to nice!
A lot of our cool weather crops are going into dappled sunlight now. There's a coffee tree that has its leaves come out later than most other trees, so it wasn't making any shade in May, but it's starting to make more shade on them now in the afternoon. Same with the silver maple that's giving them dappled sunlight in the morning - the canopy is not too thick, but it does block out about half the sunlight.
The spinach and radish are growing in an even shadier spot, where they only get about 4 hours of full sun in the afternoon and then pretty heavy shade in the morning and evening, and I'm training my peas to start growing over them so they'll get even more sun protection later this month.
This. We are starting to learn to plant everything in some degree of shade, or created shade. I only had a couple cabbage heads earlier this year because I had pea vines coiled and draped over the plants. Small heads, but it was an exciting change from only cabbage plants, year after year.
It was too cold here until it was suddenly too hot. 😳 S'posed to go on being too hot, too, for at least a week plus.
we love this channel and learn a lot
I can’t even believe that it’s in the 90s in Michigan, but it’s been in the 70s & low 80s in Texas & raining for the past month. 😩 My garden has drowned & im over it already
Weather wars, man made weather to take out the farmers and our food supply. Do some research on this :-(
I'm in Northern Indiana and its routinely in the 90's all summer. Not as hot as Texas. I've been there when its in the 100's for days. I don't know how you do it down there.
This is so perfect. It is going to be 86 tomorrow and 90 on Sunday in my area.
thats daily temperatures where I live lol
@@ryanissa3353 I am in Ohio so it's a little different here.
If you have tomato stakes or bean pole stakes you can attach your lightweight shade cloth with clothes pins . I use freeze cloth and attach with them.if windy may pull off. Take care
It's already getting hot here in the texas panhandle. Got to 82 today. With rheumatoid arthritis, I definitely have to watch it with the weather. Too hot can cause a flare for me. So I limit my time in my garden in the morning before 9 and in the evening after 8.
The water from my container gardens are just evaporating like crazy 🤪 gotta water then more and more.
I'M watering every single morning due to hot dry winds. I always do a finger check though.
Growing in container will always do this. I add mulch on top of my soil (I use grass cuts) and it does help retain some of the moist.
@@Mirallia Cut grass is an awesome idea! We live in a condo and pine for our own land, so this is all we have for now.
Thanks for the heads up. I do have a question on your trifecta. Does it support all heavy, light and medium feeders? Learning all about plants and the importance of feeding them. But there are so many types of fertilizer.
I didn’t have shade cloth so I used black weed cloth. It’s not ideal but it’ll do in a pinch. It’s hot!
Great timing...thank you!
86 up in port clinton OH which is high for being right next to the lake
I water the night before heavily and the next morning heavily. I have lots of trees even though are young that is protecting and shielding my plants by cooling it.
Loving these videos! Thanks for all the advice
Thanks for your support! Glad you are enjoying them.
Nebraska has been in the 90s since Friday. My spinach went to seed and I got very little.
It's in the mid 90's in Upstate NY, very unusual for this time of the year. My tomatoes are hating this heat.
Luke I believe Michigan is a lot like Southern New Jersey.... 90's next 5 days!
You gotta bump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers
lost all my spinach a month ago in So Cal. Getting ready to build something to cover 10x25 ft area.
Get a solar panel over the crops! gksgarden on Instagram!
great tips Luke.
What percentage of sun would you recommend getting through the shade cloth for vegetables? I live in central Missouri. Thank you for your suggestion.
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Have you tried overwintering spinach? It's the best!
It's been a while... Thank you Luke 💯😎😇❤
Over 100 in Colorado already
Needed this video!! Thank you thank you🙌🙏🙏
Thanks for the water information. I have been uncertain. I'm wondering if White bed sheets would be better than dark ones. I'll watch for your replies. Thanks a bunch.
Do you have a video on how to grow the cool weather crops for a fall harvest? It's my first time and I'm wondering how to deal with planting the starts out in the August heat.
Good tips Luke
The reason why the soil remains cool is not do to insulation but rather evaporation. The water essentially evaporates from the soil and cools the soil. Evaporation is a cooling process. This is why you feel colder after a hot shower or cold after a dip in the pool.
I could have used this two days ago 😂. 91 degrees. Back to regular temperature today. 68.
lucky
The blazing heat is coming to PA for the weekend in the 90s. Def not looking foward to it. I already have spinach n bokchoy that bolted😑
What types of plants should be protected besides lettuce?
What about New Zealand spinach? I'm in the San Fernando Valley and it's still growing but I'm getting small leaves
Do you ever use cover crops with deep roots like Daikon, Rye, Alfalfa in late fall to improve your mulch and soils?
If my plants are in containers, would moving to shade help?
Yes! This is the only way many of my herbs live. Sun in winter, under a tree or bush the rest of the year.
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