A suggestion for really hot climates, water the peppers(or any plant really) early in the morning. It gives them time to soak up the water before the heat sets in and it decreases the likelihood of cooking your plants
In the South, where heat and humidity are the problem and nighttime temps don’t drop below 80 until at least September, in my experience, the things that really thrive are peppers, eggplants, certain squashes (spaghetti squash grow like weeds), mouse melons, sweet potatoes, okra, pole beans, red noodle beans, and cowpeas. If you live in a particularly hot and humid place, I especially recommend noodle beans. I put mine on an 8 foot tall bamboo tipi trellis and they swallowed it. We had more beans than we knew what to do with! They produced 18 inch long pencil thin purple pods for three solid months! We even ended up freezing a couple gallon bags full of cut beans for later.
Thank you! I am Gulf Coast Florida, which is seriously hot at the best of times, but way too humid for a lot of the plants in the video. Saving this for next year!
@@epicgardening Just for the record: "Malabar" is pronounced with the first A as in "salt" the "a" as in "cat" sound pretty much doesn't exist in Indian words
Malabar Spinach grows very well with okra as its trellis. Sweet potato leaves are also a delicious spinach substitute. Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean is a super productive pole bean. If you live in an area where vine borers are a problem, look for moschata or argyrosperma type squashes.
I'm in Sweden. I tend to grow Chilli's in pots, stick them out on the balcony in the summer for them to get the all day and most of the night sun.. Then when it gets cooler, bring the pots in. To save them from the dark and frozen conditions. Trim them if they've got a bit dangley, and when it starts to warm up again straight back out on the balcony, and cut them into a better shape. As they're a few years old they recover really fast from being cut back and bush out really well. Have Habanero's, some finger chilli's and currently growing some Bhut Jolokia. Love growing all Chilli's for making hot sauce.
I have seen farmers try out farming sweet potatoes here commercially with decent succes so if it works in the northern Netherlands it might work in Scotland too :D
I feel a dopamine rush when I watch your videos. Keep them coming! I’ve always been into gardening but every time I watch your videos I get more and more stoked to expand my garden and try something new. Thank you!
Thank you for this. Living in the Az low desert, I really appreciate it. Would you consider doing a segment on sun scald? Identifying vs disease/pest, prevention, dealing with, etc.
Peppers really are amazing for hot climates, and here in Portugal (10b equivalent I believe) they overwinter pretty easily without any care. My peri-peri has been producing continuously (even during winter) for the past 3 years and it keep growing larger!
If you are in a cooler climate and want to grow sweet potatoes, try to find a NZ "Kumera" as these varieties developed in NZ, initially by the Moari and later by the Pakeha, are the most cold tolerant sweet potatoes.
Love that you gave the history and place of origin of all the plants in this video. There are so many benefits in growing vegetables, fruits and grains local to your environment and knowing the archaeology of food makes it ever more fascinating!
Louisiana grower here - amaranth and Egyptian spinach is a good spinach substitute for greens in the summer, Everglades tomato does well in the heat, and tromboncino squash and cucuzzi squash are more vine borer resistant. I grow pumpkins almost all year because we can, and eat those like young squash. Zinnias won’t quit if you deadhead. Okra is ok, sweet potatoes you can do any variety but I love the white- and then for fall crops for us it’s almost time to plant seeds (in July) for brassicas since our cold window and frost are so close together and weird 😅
Oh, I didn't know you can eat amaranth leaves! I'm trying my hand at some Love Lies Bleeding this year, but I was just thinking I might be able to harvest the seeds -- I'll definitely have to try the leaves now, too :D
For some time I had been dreaming of growing eggplants but I thought I would need to be living somewhere more southern location than Finland to be able to do it. This spring I realized that what the heck, I have a glassed southern facing balcony that heats up during the summer for temperatures that aren’t comfortable for humans so it must be adequate for eggplants… And it was! I have already harvested two sizable fruits and more is coming. They aren’t patio varieties but just normal ones. One hybrid is a long narrow style and one is the black beauty. I am a pretty proud eggplant mama now🍆☺️
Peppers in the HATCH family have done so well in our HOT DRY area. I love the Burgundy OKRA. Put it in gumbo or air fry it and it is such a good conversation starter.
I’m in the Long Beach area and just started turning my apartment balcony into a vegetable and herb garden. It’s been a couple weeks since starting and your channel has be a great source of guidance. It’s my first endeavor into gardening and I’m already learning some of the mistakes I’ve made. It’s so much fun though and I’m excited to see how things turn out. 🍻😁
Due to family needs I had to leave my garden for a month. The tomatoes had been given a string attachment to conduit 6 ft above. When I came back the raised bed was out of control. 2 weeks later the trellis went partially down in a windstorm. It took my full hanging weight to pull it upright again. There are probably a 1000 cherry tomatoes set on plants that are 11 or 12 ft in length. It is a jungle but no disease I attribute to starting in 32 inch tall raised beds and some early low area trimming.
Topping peppers makes the plant bush out more, but also increases the time to harvest. In my opinion, don’t top at all if you’re in zone 8 or colder. It only makes sense for really warm zones. If you’re going to top, only do it to plants that typically grow tall and lanky. Typically capsicum annuum. Don’t do it to varieties that are already bushy, like Chinense and Baccatum. Especially don’t do it to super hots, because your fruit won’t ripen because your plant’s growth will be delayed.
I live in NC (zone 7b) and i literally just pulled my first summer squash today. They are doing so well this year that they are bit early for my area and I love it.
Learn something new every day! I did not know you could eat the whole sunflower plants 🌻 😮. I planted one of the max sunflowers a few years ago & the birds have scattered them & I have an entire bed of them 😂. I’m going to try to transplant clumps of them & see how it goes. The roasted head 👀 delicious 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I live in a sub-tropical zone. My "go-to" bean is the preninal (7 years) "Madagascar Bean", drought and neglect tolerant, and in my climate zone crops twice a year. The young pods can be used like string beans, and the dried (on the vine) beans (bigger than broad beans) can be soaked and used as a base for a multitude of dishes. I liked using them as a basis for soups (esp. pumpkin) and in sauces (pasta)
Is a cold climate video coming next? I started balcony gardening in Chicago 3 years ago, and it 100% because of this channel ❤ started my own plants from seed this year for the first time!
Good mentioning of the sunflower! I've found it to be the perfect companion plant. Air temperature under the leaves tends to be several degrees cooler than the days temperature which allows you to grow less heat tolerant plants underneath wonderfully
Malabar spinach also known as bachchali in Telugu grows really well. We have been harvesting the plant for years and it is a iron rich gift that keeps on giving... I used it in pestos, salads, pastas, and smoothies along with dals, Andhra style curries and chutneys...
Another plant that I know that loves the heat and hot climates would be Strawberries. For all of the fall and winter they are dormant and in spring they grow leafs but nothing really else. But when it hits summer it gets very hot and they start growing multiple flowers and also branch out and make new Strawberry Plants.
I found Botanical Interests at a nursery near my dad's house when I was looking for some flowers for my garden. My FIL was stoked to get some sun-gold tomato seeds for Father's Day!
I grew malabar spinach on my fence in the Central San Joaquin Valley of California and it LOVED the heat. I started some seeds again just in case I didn't get any volunteers. I ended up having a lot of volunteers.
Okra also has some of my favorite flowers in the garden! Another seed a friend sent me a couple of years ago that does great in the heat is gandules. It's also a really pretty plant (huge!) when flowering.
I live in an area where it's extremely hot and humid in the summer. For example, it rained last week, and the temperature the next day was 89° with a real feel of 114°. I grew some Candyland tomatoes for the first time, and holy crap they are still THRIVING in full sun even on the hot days. I have one that has been in the raised beds since April, and it's absolutely massive and still producing an insane amount of tiny, super sweet tomats.
Loofah loves the heat, grows almost like a weed, is edible AND you can use it like a sponge (Although IIRC you have had some issues growing it for some reason). I'd also recommend Snake beans.
Alugbati too Is good in hot areas. Salamat sa pagshare sa into talents. Sweet Potato or kamote. Lami kaayo na Bai. Squash or Kalabasa lami kaayo na ukoy.
I fell in love with zinnia and amaranth last year. I live where it gets 110 in the summer so a lot of flowers don't grow in the siunmer but these did amazing. I've also heard Armenian cucumber for a more heat tolerant cucumber but i haven't tried it yet
Just heard from a neighborhood gardener (N Texas zone 8) that he’s having great luck with Armenian cucumber. He is a very good gardener admittedly but our summers are brutal heat/dry, hot/brutal humidity/dry, hot/wet, there is no “typical” except stuck-inside hot. I will try Arm cucumber next yr for sure.
I STAND BY MY OKRA WHOOPING!! i've been doing it for multiple seasons ever since i experimented with and without. noticed at least a 30% increase of yield (by number of fruits) but typically more in the 60-80% increase range with whooping! i whoop each plant for about one minute each in the morning and at night right before the light goes out. additionally make sure all the soil is turnt over each time.
Love this list! Growing Malabar spinach for the first time this year. I’d add the loofah too, can’t remember the true name. Young fruits are eaten like zucchini in Indian cooking and if u miss it becomes the sponge. A few years ago when we had 6 weeks of 100 degrees in southern cal, it was my only veggie garden plant that was not just happy, but grew like crazy!!
If you live in a really hot area without much rain fall, peppers actually do surprisingly well in the shade. Some birds ate some of my hot peppers and dispersed the seed under some orange trees of mine and they did great without any extra care from me. The harvest/growth is a little slower, but the plants did way better through a dry spell than plants that I had in the full sun that I watered. I tried malabar spinach and I found it nearly flavorless. It's only similar to real spinach in that it's a leafy green. I wouldn't plant it again.
Did sowed some okras to try grow this year! Usually its hot here but we have had a very mid weather 🤨🤨, hoping it all goes well and we get a good harvest
Self sufficient Me is my favorite channel for learning about subtropical plant varieties, he’s based in Australia which is hilariously similar to our state, he has many videos and actually lists a couple they included in this video
Wow, it was so cool to hear about Malabar spinach since my family is from Kerala, India, and it is common there. Will try to grow it here in southern California🤞🏽
Can’t say enough good things about the Kentucky Wonder Bean, in a hot climate. Just tried it by chance, and it just thrived, and has been spitting out beans for almost 2 months now and still going strong…just from a couple plants. Wonderful for those with smaller garden spaces, as just a few plants will make at least one “side dish” portion every few days.
You should grow cassava grows from sticks do good in heat just give then a good start with water and they'll grow like crazy we harvest after 6-7 months From Antigua & Barbuda Cassava didn't originate here though
This was helpful. I’m glad to reminded of the Malabar spinach. I had volunteer sunflowers from our birdseed scattering, so I save the heads for the birds. I cut a flowers and they have lasted a long time. Ahna Atlanta Ga
Sunflowers have got to be my favorite flowers. They're so big and dramatic, birds go crazy for the seeds, and they'll just seed themselves in random spots of the garden not a care in the world.
Hmm wonder if I grow some sunflowers close to my blackberries less likely to eat my berries worth a shot. Or they could have seeds and berries still have a problem.
I am gardening in Central Virginia - 3 to 4 months of hot humid tropical weather, and I am always looking for plants that enjoy that kind of weather, from other regions and cultures Here are some further suggestions. Y'all had mentioned eggplant - I would like to emphasize that. There are a great many cultivars in an amazing variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Many, if not most of them are, in my experience, more productive and flavorful than the standard Black Beauty. When night temperatures do not go below 75º F beans in the Phaseolus genus, such as the Kentucky Wonder type, tend not to set beans. Bloom like mad, but no beans. Chinese Long Bean adores heat and high humidity, and I suspect it would be fine with low humidity given adequate irrigation. The cultivars I find to be the best eating quality are Liana, Gita, and Orient Wonder. In that same category are the many varieties of that same genus (Vigna) known in the U.S. South as field peas, cow peas, southern peas &c. The famous black-eyed pea is one of those, but there are many others. They can be eaten as snap beans (when VERY young) shell beans, or dry beans. One of my favorites is the cultivar Zipper Cream Pea eaten as a shell bean rather like one would eat English Peas. In fact, the flavor is somewhat reminiscent of English Peas. They make very good soup beans. Amaranth, known, in some parts of the Caribbean, according to my understanding, as callaloo. (In other parts of The Islands, callaloo refers to the leaves of taro/dasheen/elephant ear, a very different plant.) A very productive leafy green suitable for cooking - I suggest looking up Jamaican recipes for callaloo if you are not familiar with it just to start with - it is also common in some African, Asian and South Asian cuisines. The seeds are a classic in traditional Meso-American cooking. I find the plain-leaf cultivars to be better flavored than the variegated leaf types. Egyptian spinach, AKA jute mallow, saluyot, molokhiya and many other names. It is also the plant from which we get burlap fabric and jute twine.This is NOT a spinach substitute - it is definitely for cooking - I reckon it is sometimes called Egyptian spinach because it is green and has been cultivated in Egypt from very ancient times. Also used in many African, Middle Eastern, Asian and South Asian cuisines. Various edible gourds - Italian cucuzzi and its various Asian and African cousins. Luffa, from which we get luffa sponges - they are edible when 6 to 10 inches long. I find the ones with ridges are better for eating, and the smooth ones better for sponges, but they both work either way. Any number of Asian gourds such as fuzzy squash, wax gourd and so forth. Snake gourd. Widely grown in South and Southeast Asia, it goes by several names in English (Indian Bean, Guinea Bean &c.) plus, of course all the names in the languages in that region. All these are very vigorous - especially cucuzzi and luffa - 30 foot vines are not uncommon. the need a trellis and a good bit of space (or a sharp pruners and no fear of using them.) The gourds come in as the summer squash are getting tired and they can be used in similar ways as summer squash, though they are really not the same. Snake gourd is, in my experience, one of the milder mannered of the group. Except for eggplant, all of the above are more or less outrageously vigorous. The beans and gourds do best on a (sturdy) trellis And don't forget Watermelons!
The term 'okra whooping' is not one I'm familiar with but I have heard 'spanking'. Not just for okra but for all plant starts such as tomatoes, okra, peppers and any other garden plant with a stalk. The purpose is to make the stalk stronger and more resistant to breakage due to high winds as well as making it healthier and resistant to disease. When flowering, this method also helps the blooms pollinate since most peppers and tomatoes are self pollinated. The method just helps the pollen transfer from the male part of the bloom to the female part. It does work. What I do is the moment the seeds germinate, I set a fan on low and a few feet away and if you have a model that oscillates, even better. I notice the stalks develop thicker stalks when this is done.
I've read that it may have been the Mixtec or Zapotec who first grew peppers. But either way the Nahuameh were indeed some of the first. I live in Texas and they do great in our garden all summer long
I live in zone 9a in central Texas. We get temperatures up to 110° for months at a time during the summer. Peppers don’t fare as well in that kind of heat, but I’ve planted them in an area this year that gets the first shade in the afternoon and it seems to help them from wilting too much, but since temps don’t drop under 80° at night, we still get a lot of flower drop. Peppers and tomatoes need temperatures to drop significantly at night in order to have fruit set. My butternut squash also can’t handle the heat 😂 Here at least, beans, blackberries and tomatillos have done really well. They don’t seem to mind the triple digit temperatures at all and keep up production!
I always try to plant them east of my tomato row, they appreciate the shelter. Piling several inches of breaking-down leaves in the pathways makes a big difference in keeping the soil from drying out completely. They love heat but not dry soil, a hard mix in Central Texas.
@@elisabetk2595 I have an inch of mulch with all of my raised beds and I water 1-2 times every day. “Heat loving” crops such as tomatoes, peppers, squash, etc do not like temperatures above 95° and they also do not like when nighttime temperatures don’t go below 80°. This leads to flower and fruit drop. The plants will stay alive in these temperatures, but they don’t produce the way that they should be during the summer months. Keeping the soil moist helps a bit but in this kind of heat where I live, the only thing that I think could truly help me is a shade cloth.
I’m in Vegas too. It’s a little late to start now, but I have some popcorn, bush beans, and black eyed peas that’s doing well. A couple times a year the guy that runs Gilcrease Orchard gives a talk at the Summerlin Library. He says they start growing pumpkins on July 15th. So you could plant that if you like them.
There is also Longevity Spinach (Gynura procumbens). Not only beautiful, but grows like crazy in a bush form, and is a "superfood". Grows like crazy in the dry, hot climate of Cyprus here. Needs watering, though.
This is perfectly timed for us. Just hours ago my return to gardening got absolutely destroyed by 100 mph surface level winds. I can't sleep so I figured I'd at least find some suggestions that could handle our hot southern Midwest heat. Your suggestions are just what I needed to feel better about salvaging some grow time this year. THANK YOU!
Re sweet potatoes: they weren't brought from polynesia to the Americas - it's the other way around. They originated in South America, were brought TO Polynesia from there, and were called a similar sounding name to what the Andeans used. Compelling evidence of pre-european exploration linking the South American continent with the Pacific islands all the way to New Zealand.
Been getting into local sustainable crops. Trying amaranth (red) this year instead of sunflowers. ended up with a mix of both, its looking and tasting good :). got the seeds thru your store. Very interested in the seed harvest this year for my already established staples. My Radish's have already bolted, some before bulbing out (first year in a raised bed, may have slightly over sowed). I also planted to many varieties of corn too close. My popcorn-Aztec colored hard-yellow sweet - Painted hill Sweet rowing is going to mix up pollen wise. Luckily i didn't use all my hard seed. I will quarter out my garden next year and spread them out as to not x-pollinate. Live an learn lol. tho i am kinda curious what my sweets are going to taste like with a touch of hard/popcorn mixed in. prob horrible but... *shrug* maybe get a few good ears still. No matter what the chickens will love em.
I mainly just grow the radishes for flowers (the pollinators love them), but this year I discovered the seeds pods are really good too. Just pick the tender ones.
I plant my okra between 2 rows of cow peas. They both love the heat and do fantastic. I'm on my 2nd planting of peas already. Harvest okra often and small or it gets woody. My squash is done till fall. Too hot.
My okra plants are about 4 foot tall and some of the leaves are over 12”. They are huge! I wonder if I could plant some tomatoes under the shade the okra creates (In Orlando, FL)
Wondering if either of you have planted tatsoi to replace spinach. If so, how does it compare to spinach? It's being called "the new spinach" and will produce all spring and summer.
I hit BI this morning for a flower restock and it was like the Jacques graveyard. Does he like it or recommend it? Out of stock. Nevertheless, I scored for my hot summer garden. So REASONABLE! And the African Daisies are off the chain this year.
Love your videos! I need some pruning advice for a Black Diamond Thornless BlackBerry. There is little information on this bush in regards to pruning. I pruned last year according to the general rule of thumb for pruning blackberries but if I prune this next year there will be no prima canes. So yes, any advice would be appreciated. Currently the plant is thriving and is beautiful.
Malabar spinach is so abundan here in the philippines in mindanao it grows like a weed my backyard is full of malabar spinach. And the green type malabar spinach too it grows LIKE A WEED!!
A suggestion for really hot climates, water the peppers(or any plant really) early in the morning. It gives them time to soak up the water before the heat sets in and it decreases the likelihood of cooking your plants
I will try this for mi struggling peppers, thank you
And typically, try to water the ground /mulch rather than the leaves, especially if you can only water in the evening
That will burn the leaves when they dry.
Saves the trouble of cooking your own peppers!
I water in the evening.
In the South, where heat and humidity are the problem and nighttime temps don’t drop below 80 until at least September, in my experience, the things that really thrive are peppers, eggplants, certain squashes (spaghetti squash grow like weeds), mouse melons, sweet potatoes, okra, pole beans, red noodle beans, and cowpeas. If you live in a particularly hot and humid place, I especially recommend noodle beans. I put mine on an 8 foot tall bamboo tipi trellis and they swallowed it. We had more beans than we knew what to do with! They produced 18 inch long pencil thin purple pods for three solid months! We even ended up freezing a couple gallon bags full of cut beans for later.
Yeah, these people are in San Diego which is really the perfect climate for a garden -- basically 70f (21c) year round.
Im in southern NC and I literally grow everything you listed. My garden has been loving the weather for the last two months and looks fantastic.
Thank you for these recommendations!!!
Thank you! I am Gulf Coast Florida, which is seriously hot at the best of times, but way too humid for a lot of the plants in the video. Saving this for next year!
Love the growing tips you provide but I really like the history you give of the plants you are growing. Keep it up and thank you
Glad you like them!
@@epicgardening Just for the record: "Malabar" is pronounced with the first A as in "salt"
the "a" as in "cat" sound pretty much doesn't exist in Indian words
Malabar Spinach grows very well with okra as its trellis. Sweet potato leaves are also a delicious spinach substitute. Cherokee Trail of Tears Bean is a super productive pole bean. If you live in an area where vine borers are a problem, look for moschata or argyrosperma type squashes.
Thanks for sharing!
Cow/field peas are another heat loving candidate for vegetable gardens
I'm in Sweden.
I tend to grow Chilli's in pots, stick them out on the balcony in the summer for them to get the all day and most of the night sun.. Then when it gets cooler, bring the pots in. To save them from the dark and frozen conditions. Trim them if they've got a bit dangley, and when it starts to warm up again straight back out on the balcony, and cut them into a better shape. As they're a few years old they recover really fast from being cut back and bush out really well. Have Habanero's, some finger chilli's and currently growing some Bhut Jolokia.
Love growing all Chilli's for making hot sauce.
Sometimes I want to try these things in Scotland just to see how poorly they actually do here 😂
New Zealand has simiilar issues ! 😢😢
LOL the ultimate experiment
I have seen farmers try out farming sweet potatoes here commercially with decent succes so if it works in the northern Netherlands it might work in Scotland too :D
If some do survive, then you can save their seeds and regrown them each season until you have isolated the genes that help it survive there.
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I feel a dopamine rush when I watch your videos. Keep them coming! I’ve always been into gardening but every time I watch your videos I get more and more stoked to expand my garden and try something new. Thank you!
You know, I'm something of a warmth-loving vegetable myself.
I don’t have a space where I can garden but when I get the space, I will grow these plants!
My sister grows sweet potatoes and scallions in her studio apartment in Chicago. She eats the leaves in soups, stews, and stir fries.
Thank you for this. Living in the Az low desert, I really appreciate it. Would you consider doing a segment on sun scald? Identifying vs disease/pest, prevention, dealing with, etc.
We'll add to list!
I'd appreciate that, also. 😎👍
Peppers really are amazing for hot climates, and here in Portugal (10b equivalent I believe) they overwinter pretty easily without any care. My peri-peri has been producing continuously (even during winter) for the past 3 years and it keep growing larger!
Portugal, Spain, France... have good climates for growing veggies. I wish I have that kind of weather. Growing things in the high desert is not fun.
If you are in a cooler climate and want to grow sweet potatoes, try to find a NZ "Kumera" as these varieties developed in NZ, initially by the Moari and later by the Pakeha, are the most cold tolerant sweet potatoes.
Love that you gave the history and place of origin of all the plants in this video. There are so many benefits in growing vegetables, fruits and grains local to your environment and knowing the archaeology of food makes it ever more fascinating!
Malibar spinach drops seeds like mad! I've found it to become crazy invasive.
Louisiana grower here - amaranth and Egyptian spinach is a good spinach substitute for greens in the summer, Everglades tomato does well in the heat, and tromboncino squash and cucuzzi squash are more vine borer resistant. I grow pumpkins almost all year because we can, and eat those like young squash. Zinnias won’t quit if you deadhead. Okra is ok, sweet potatoes you can do any variety but I love the white- and then for fall crops for us it’s almost time to plant seeds (in July) for brassicas since our cold window and frost are so close together and weird 😅
Oh, I didn't know you can eat amaranth leaves! I'm trying my hand at some Love Lies Bleeding this year, but I was just thinking I might be able to harvest the seeds -- I'll definitely have to try the leaves now, too :D
For some time I had been dreaming of growing eggplants but I thought I would need to be living somewhere more southern location than Finland to be able to do it. This spring I realized that what the heck, I have a glassed southern facing balcony that heats up during the summer for temperatures that aren’t comfortable for humans so it must be adequate for eggplants… And it was! I have already harvested two sizable fruits and more is coming. They aren’t patio varieties but just normal ones. One hybrid is a long narrow style and one is the black beauty. I am a pretty proud eggplant mama now🍆☺️
ENJOY! If you can grow eggplant, you can grow tomatoes, figs, and okra, too.😊
I live in the South. It’s usually hot. But it’s been raining so much! It hasn’t been super hot but I’m thankful I think??
Peppers in the HATCH family have done so well in our HOT DRY area. I love the Burgundy OKRA. Put it in gumbo or air fry it and it is such a good conversation starter.
I’m in the Long Beach area and just started turning my apartment balcony into a vegetable and herb garden. It’s been a couple weeks since starting and your channel has be a great source of guidance. It’s my first endeavor into gardening and I’m already learning some of the mistakes I’ve made. It’s so much fun though and I’m excited to see how things turn out. 🍻😁
Due to family needs I had to leave my garden for a month. The tomatoes had been given a string attachment to conduit 6 ft above. When I came back the raised bed was out of control. 2 weeks later the trellis went partially down in a windstorm. It took my full hanging weight to pull it upright again. There are probably a 1000 cherry tomatoes set on plants that are 11 or 12 ft in length. It is a jungle but no disease I attribute to starting in 32 inch tall raised beds and some early low area trimming.
Nice! Congrats on the chaos being beneficial !
Topping peppers makes the plant bush out more, but also increases the time to harvest.
In my opinion, don’t top at all if you’re in zone 8 or colder. It only makes sense for really warm zones.
If you’re going to top, only do it to plants that typically grow tall and lanky. Typically capsicum annuum. Don’t do it to varieties that are already bushy, like Chinense and Baccatum. Especially don’t do it to super hots, because your fruit won’t ripen because your plant’s growth will be delayed.
Agree
7a Oklahoma, I top my smaller peppers and have plenty of time to harvest. I've already harvested 100+ shishitos ❤
@stormraven4183 same with my black pearl peppers after topping. Keep growing!
I live in NC (zone 7b) and i literally just pulled my first summer squash today. They are doing so well this year that they are bit early for my area and I love it.
best gardening channel ever!
i would love to see one for cooler climates! i live in 10a but we get maybe 30 days above 80 degrees so its hard to get things to grow sometimes!
I'm in AZ, zone 9b, and peppers really can take the heat! 🔥 This year, I'm growing over 30 varieties in my little balcony garden! 😊
Hey!! How did you learn to garden here? I’m from the Midwest so it’s been extremely difficult lol
Learn something new every day! I did not know you could eat the whole sunflower plants 🌻 😮. I planted one of the max sunflowers a few years ago & the birds have scattered them & I have an entire bed of them 😂. I’m going to try to transplant clumps of them & see how it goes. The roasted head 👀 delicious 👵🏻👩🌾❣️
I live in a sub-tropical zone. My "go-to" bean is the preninal (7 years) "Madagascar Bean", drought and neglect tolerant, and in my climate zone crops twice a year. The young pods can be used like string beans, and the dried (on the vine) beans (bigger than broad beans) can be soaked and used as a base for a multitude of dishes. I liked using them as a basis for soups (esp. pumpkin) and in sauces (pasta)
Is a cold climate video coming next? I started balcony gardening in Chicago 3 years ago, and it 100% because of this channel ❤ started my own plants from seed this year for the first time!
Good mentioning of the sunflower! I've found it to be the perfect companion plant. Air temperature under the leaves tends to be several degrees cooler than the days temperature which allows you to grow less heat tolerant plants underneath wonderfully
@@navyvet84 That's awesome! I think it will be an essential strategy for gardening as temperatures increase further
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Malabar spinach also known as bachchali in Telugu grows really well. We have been harvesting the plant for years and it is a iron rich gift that keeps on giving... I used it in pestos, salads, pastas, and smoothies along with dals, Andhra style curries and chutneys...
Another plant that I know that loves the heat and hot climates would be Strawberries. For all of the fall and winter they are dormant and in spring they grow leafs but nothing really else. But when it hits summer it gets very hot and they start growing multiple flowers and also branch out and make new Strawberry Plants.
Thanks for the tip!
Strawberries are grown in the mild climates
I found Botanical Interests at a nursery near my dad's house when I was looking for some flowers for my garden. My FIL was stoked to get some sun-gold tomato seeds for Father's Day!
I grew malabar spinach on my fence in the Central San Joaquin Valley of California and it LOVED the heat. I started some seeds again just in case I didn't get any volunteers. I ended up having a lot of volunteers.
Okra also has some of my favorite flowers in the garden! Another seed a friend sent me a couple of years ago that does great in the heat is gandules. It's also a really pretty plant (huge!) when flowering.
I’ll look that up
Pigeon pea. Cool
Yes, okra has hibiscus-like flowers. An intriguing-looking plant, overall.
i loved how you talked about the geographical and cultural history of these plants!!
I live in an area where it's extremely hot and humid in the summer. For example, it rained last week, and the temperature the next day was 89° with a real feel of 114°. I grew some Candyland tomatoes for the first time, and holy crap they are still THRIVING in full sun even on the hot days. I have one that has been in the raised beds since April, and it's absolutely massive and still producing an insane amount of tiny, super sweet tomats.
Loofah loves the heat, grows almost like a weed, is edible AND you can use it like a sponge (Although IIRC you have had some issues growing it for some reason). I'd also recommend Snake beans.
Alugbati too Is good in hot areas. Salamat sa pagshare sa into talents.
Sweet Potato or kamote. Lami kaayo na Bai.
Squash or Kalabasa lami kaayo na ukoy.
I fell in love with zinnia and amaranth last year. I live where it gets 110 in the summer so a lot of flowers don't grow in the siunmer but these did amazing. I've also heard Armenian cucumber for a more heat tolerant cucumber but i haven't tried it yet
Just heard from a neighborhood gardener (N Texas zone 8) that he’s having great luck with Armenian cucumber. He is a very good gardener admittedly but our summers are brutal heat/dry, hot/brutal humidity/dry, hot/wet, there is no “typical” except stuck-inside hot. I will try Arm cucumber next yr for sure.
In Central California Valley temps are often over 100. Armenian cucumbers do great!
Hey I love your videos! Can you do a video reviewing different online websites to source different fruit/ nut trees and berry bushes?
Will consider!
I STAND BY MY OKRA WHOOPING!! i've been doing it for multiple seasons ever since i experimented with and without. noticed at least a 30% increase of yield (by number of fruits) but typically more in the 60-80% increase range with whooping! i whoop each plant for about one minute each in the morning and at night right before the light goes out. additionally make sure all the soil is turnt over each time.
My okra is absolutely loving the heat! I'm in north florida and it's avg. 90 deg for the past 2 weeks
Love this list! Growing Malabar spinach for the first time this year. I’d add the loofah too, can’t remember the true name. Young fruits are eaten like zucchini in Indian cooking and if u miss it becomes the sponge. A few years ago when we had 6 weeks of 100 degrees in southern cal, it was my only veggie garden plant that was not just happy, but grew like crazy!!
If you live in a really hot area without much rain fall, peppers actually do surprisingly well in the shade. Some birds ate some of my hot peppers and dispersed the seed under some orange trees of mine and they did great without any extra care from me. The harvest/growth is a little slower, but the plants did way better through a dry spell than plants that I had in the full sun that I watered.
I tried malabar spinach and I found it nearly flavorless. It's only similar to real spinach in that it's a leafy green. I wouldn't plant it again.
Did sowed some okras to try grow this year! Usually its hot here but we have had a very mid weather 🤨🤨, hoping it all goes well and we get a good harvest
Florida ZONE 8 here. Any thoughts on crops that grow in heat, rainy & humid climates?
Self sufficient Me is my favorite channel for learning about subtropical plant varieties, he’s based in Australia which is hilariously similar to our state, he has many videos and actually lists a couple they included in this video
Wow, it was so cool to hear about Malabar spinach since my family is from Kerala, India, and it is common there. Will try to grow it here in southern California🤞🏽
AWESOME TEACHING 👌
Yes, we "whip" our okra. It just takes the leaves off to put energy in the top fruit. I did a video on It, lol. Thanks for sharing this information!
Can’t say enough good things about the Kentucky Wonder Bean, in a hot climate. Just tried it by chance, and it just thrived, and has been spitting out beans for almost 2 months now and still going strong…just from a couple plants. Wonderful for those with smaller garden spaces, as just a few plants will make at least one “side dish” portion every few days.
You should grow cassava grows from sticks do good in heat just give then a good start with water and they'll grow like crazy we harvest after 6-7 months
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Cassava didn't originate here though
Will try it!
We grow them in Florida.
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Last year it reached 45 degrees Celsius in Cape Town South Africa. It was so hot, i decided to melt.
This was helpful. I’m glad to reminded of the Malabar spinach. I had volunteer sunflowers from our birdseed scattering, so I save the heads for the birds. I cut a flowers and they have lasted a long time.
Ahna Atlanta Ga
Sunflowers have got to be my favorite flowers. They're so big and dramatic, birds go crazy for the seeds, and they'll just seed themselves in random spots of the garden not a care in the world.
Hmm wonder if I grow some sunflowers close to my blackberries less likely to eat my berries worth a shot. Or they could have seeds and berries still have a problem.
I love okra and always grow it. I found that I'm very sensitive to the stems, so I must wear long sleeves and gloves when I harvest.
Echoing my Gulf Coast friends...would love a vid for us. Peppers and sunflowers are our favorite. Always struggle w tomatoes but still grow.
I am gardening in Central Virginia - 3 to 4 months of hot humid tropical weather, and I am always looking for plants that enjoy that kind of weather, from other regions and cultures Here are some further suggestions. Y'all had mentioned eggplant - I would like to emphasize that. There are a great many cultivars in an amazing variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Many, if not most of them are, in my experience, more productive and flavorful than the standard Black Beauty.
When night temperatures do not go below 75º F beans in the Phaseolus genus, such as the Kentucky Wonder type, tend not to set beans. Bloom like mad, but no beans. Chinese Long Bean adores heat and high humidity, and I suspect it would be fine with low humidity given adequate irrigation. The cultivars I find to be the best eating quality are Liana, Gita, and Orient Wonder. In that same category are the many varieties of that same genus (Vigna) known in the U.S. South as field peas, cow peas, southern peas &c. The famous black-eyed pea is one of those, but there are many others. They can be eaten as snap beans (when VERY young) shell beans, or dry beans. One of my favorites is the cultivar Zipper Cream Pea eaten as a shell bean rather like one would eat English Peas. In fact, the flavor is somewhat reminiscent of English Peas. They make very good soup beans.
Amaranth, known, in some parts of the Caribbean, according to my understanding, as callaloo. (In other parts of The Islands, callaloo refers to the leaves of taro/dasheen/elephant ear, a very different plant.) A very productive leafy green suitable for cooking - I suggest looking up Jamaican recipes for callaloo if you are not familiar with it just to start with - it is also common in some African, Asian and South Asian cuisines. The seeds are a classic in traditional Meso-American cooking. I find the plain-leaf cultivars to be better flavored than the variegated leaf types.
Egyptian spinach, AKA jute mallow, saluyot, molokhiya and many other names. It is also the plant from which we get burlap fabric and jute twine.This is NOT a spinach substitute - it is definitely for cooking - I reckon it is sometimes called Egyptian spinach because it is green and has been cultivated in Egypt from very ancient times. Also used in many African, Middle Eastern, Asian and South Asian cuisines.
Various edible gourds - Italian cucuzzi and its various Asian and African cousins. Luffa, from which we get luffa sponges - they are edible when 6 to 10 inches long. I find the ones with ridges are better for eating, and the smooth ones better for sponges, but they both work either way. Any number of Asian gourds such as fuzzy squash, wax gourd and so forth. Snake gourd. Widely grown in South and Southeast Asia, it goes by several names in English (Indian Bean, Guinea Bean &c.) plus, of course all the names in the languages in that region. All these are very vigorous - especially cucuzzi and luffa - 30 foot vines are not uncommon. the need a trellis and a good bit of space (or a sharp pruners and no fear of using them.) The gourds come in as the summer squash are getting tired and they can be used in similar ways as summer squash, though they are really not the same. Snake gourd is, in my experience, one of the milder mannered of the group.
Except for eggplant, all of the above are more or less outrageously vigorous. The beans and gourds do best on a (sturdy) trellis
And don't forget Watermelons!
The term 'okra whooping' is not one I'm familiar with but I have heard 'spanking'. Not just for okra but for all plant starts such as tomatoes, okra, peppers and any other garden plant with a stalk. The purpose is to make the stalk stronger and more resistant to breakage due to high winds as well as making it healthier and resistant to disease. When flowering, this method also helps the blooms pollinate since most peppers and tomatoes are self pollinated. The method just helps the pollen transfer from the male part of the bloom to the female part. It does work. What I do is the moment the seeds germinate, I set a fan on low and a few feet away and if you have a model that oscillates, even better. I notice the stalks develop thicker stalks when this is done.
I've read that it may have been the Mixtec or Zapotec who first grew peppers. But either way the Nahuameh were indeed some of the first. I live in Texas and they do great in our garden all summer long
I'm in asia and we love malabar spinach with beans. Everything you said are in my garden lol. ❤
i still learn so much from this show! Great Post!
I really need a greenhouse. I'm in 5B, and by the time my summer produce is really going in August, it's time to prep for fall.
Would love to see you grow some cowpeas!
Also, I think I prefer sweet potato greens over Malabar spinach
Malabar spinach is an acquired texture for sure. If you like Okra, you’ll prob like Malabar spinach.
Hello, I haven't been following you very long, but I'm about to take all of the instructions in this video and implement them.
Just learned that Auckland where I live is also zone 10! How handy for all your advice 😊
I live in zone 9a in central Texas. We get temperatures up to 110° for months at a time during the summer. Peppers don’t fare as well in that kind of heat, but I’ve planted them in an area this year that gets the first shade in the afternoon and it seems to help them from wilting too much, but since temps don’t drop under 80° at night, we still get a lot of flower drop. Peppers and tomatoes need temperatures to drop significantly at night in order to have fruit set. My butternut squash also can’t handle the heat 😂 Here at least, beans, blackberries and tomatillos have done really well. They don’t seem to mind the triple digit temperatures at all and keep up production!
Pecans sure do love it in that heat and humanity.
I always try to plant them east of my tomato row, they appreciate the shelter. Piling several inches of breaking-down leaves in the pathways makes a big difference in keeping the soil from drying out completely. They love heat but not dry soil, a hard mix in Central Texas.
@@elisabetk2595 I have an inch of mulch with all of my raised beds and I water 1-2 times every day. “Heat loving” crops such as tomatoes, peppers, squash, etc do not like temperatures above 95° and they also do not like when nighttime temperatures don’t go below 80°. This leads to flower and fruit drop. The plants will stay alive in these temperatures, but they don’t produce the way that they should be during the summer months. Keeping the soil moist helps a bit but in this kind of heat where I live, the only thing that I think could truly help me is a shade cloth.
Which part of Central Tx is zone 9? I thought we were all zone 8?😮
@@CheezNrice4u Texas runs from zone 6 - zone 10.
Thank you for this video, I live in AZ 😊
you can also eat the sweet potato leaves, better cooked than raw!
i grow okra in my texas backyard garden each year . boy oh boy is it hot and dry this year.. .okra for the win.
I needed this video kev! Thanks. I’m in Vegas (zone 9a) and need some crops for hot weather. Appreciate the epic gardening team
I’m in Vegas too. It’s a little late to start now, but I have some popcorn, bush beans, and black eyed peas that’s doing well. A couple times a year the guy that runs Gilcrease Orchard gives a talk at the Summerlin Library. He says they start growing pumpkins on July 15th. So you could plant that if you like them.
There is also Longevity Spinach (Gynura procumbens). Not only beautiful, but grows like crazy in a bush form, and is a "superfood". Grows like crazy in the dry, hot climate of Cyprus here. Needs watering, though.
Amazing video🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
This is perfectly timed for us. Just hours ago my return to gardening got absolutely destroyed by 100 mph surface level winds. I can't sleep so I figured I'd at least find some suggestions that could handle our hot southern Midwest heat. Your suggestions are just what I needed to feel better about salvaging some grow time this year. THANK YOU!
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Yes, I live in Houston, and we had almost a full 31 days over 100 in a month, a lot at 108 last year, so I need this info!
I’m growing Alabama red and eagle pass okra 😅
Do you WOOP IT?
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Re sweet potatoes: they weren't brought from polynesia to the Americas - it's the other way around. They originated in South America, were brought TO Polynesia from there, and were called a similar sounding name to what the Andeans used. Compelling evidence of pre-european exploration linking the South American continent with the Pacific islands all the way to New Zealand.
Been getting into local sustainable crops. Trying amaranth (red) this year instead of sunflowers. ended up with a mix of both, its looking and tasting good :). got the seeds thru your store. Very interested in the seed harvest this year for my already established staples. My Radish's have already bolted, some before bulbing out (first year in a raised bed, may have slightly over sowed). I also planted to many varieties of corn too close. My popcorn-Aztec colored hard-yellow sweet - Painted hill Sweet rowing is going to mix up pollen wise. Luckily i didn't use all my hard seed. I will quarter out my garden next year and spread them out as to not x-pollinate. Live an learn lol. tho i am kinda curious what my sweets are going to taste like with a touch of hard/popcorn mixed in. prob horrible but... *shrug* maybe get a few good ears still. No matter what the chickens will love em.
Amaranth is a super fun crop. Absolutely gorgeous!
I mainly just grow the radishes for flowers (the pollinators love them), but this year I discovered the seeds pods are really good too. Just pick the tender ones.
Thanks guys!
I plant my okra between 2 rows of cow peas. They both love the heat and do fantastic. I'm on my 2nd planting of peas already. Harvest okra often and small or it gets woody. My squash is done till fall. Too hot.
My okra plants are about 4 foot tall and some of the leaves are over 12”. They are huge! I wonder if I could plant some tomatoes under the shade the okra creates (In Orlando, FL)
108, brutal killed garden even using shade cloth. Love the tropics.
Blue elderberry, prickly pear fruit and leaves
Jacques I can't believe you can grow everything in 1/3 of an acre!
Always informative.
Prob one of the few from NM. But wow yeah I will give sunflower another chance and then bake the center. Sounds amazing. Through some seasoning on 👍😊
Great video! Full of information I could really use this year! Thanks so much!
You guys are the best, thank you a bunch!
I got strawberries, papayas, coffee, and sugar cane here in the FL summer
How long does papaya take to fruit?
about a year, there's different kinds, cuban, hawaian, and othres.
Could you do or have you done a video on what grows well in red clay soil? Or how to properly amend clay soil?
Those Wilcox All-Pro trowels are the best!
TEPARY SEEDS: Where did you purchase them? Another great vid, as always! Thanks, guys!
Wondering if either of you have planted tatsoi to replace spinach. If so, how does it compare to spinach? It's being called "the new spinach" and will produce all spring and summer.
I hit BI this morning for a flower restock and it was like the Jacques graveyard. Does he like it or recommend it? Out of stock. Nevertheless, I scored for my hot summer garden. So REASONABLE! And the African Daisies are off the chain this year.
Love your videos! I need some pruning advice for a Black Diamond Thornless BlackBerry. There is little information on this bush in regards to pruning. I pruned last year according to the general rule of thumb for pruning blackberries but if I prune this next year there will be no prima canes. So yes, any advice would be appreciated. Currently the plant is thriving and is beautiful.
i find pepper grow better in a south facing window 73* , hot and dry 90+ kills sweet peppers.
Malabar spinach is so abundan here in the philippines in mindanao it grows like a weed my backyard is full of malabar spinach. And the green type malabar spinach too it grows LIKE A WEED!!
Poor me got no likes😢😢😢
Fordhook chard tastes like spinach when cooked. Pretty heat tolerant as well.
Wow beautiful garden^^
Like it
Thank you for great sharing.
Thx so much. I’m new to gardening n sometimes I just wanna quite but im not.