My top ten favorite veggies to grow in the summer heat. 100 degrees? No problem. Grow these plants now! Follow me in the garden on this hot August day. #ZONE9A #URBANFARM #ORGANICGARDENING #SOUTHERNGARDEN #NOTILL
Excellent video, my faves are Okra, yard-long beans they never quit, and luffa, I will never have to grow them again I got so many. I also ate the young ones but I do prefer zucchini. Thank you I also live in the deep south.
In your opinion what is the difference between the zucchini and the loofah eating wise? Any comments you have on the luffa would be helpful we live in the Deep Central South
Thank you for such a straight forward video. Every plant you named, I shook my head yes. I am growing 5 out of the 10 plant now and plan to sow/plant the other 5. Certainly appreciate your video. Thank you.
I'm just seeing this video for the first time. I think the last plant is lemon grass. I grow it in a pot as well, and it can get pretty enormous. During covid time, I drank ginger & lemon grass tea with honey every day. I still do it on a regular basis. Thanks for the video. I learned a lot. 😊
I can’t even get past the smell of eggplant to even attempt to eat it. I can’t even get close to the plants without feeling sick. I tried to make eggplant Parmesan with some of our garden eggplants and I couldn’t even do it. 😂
I prefer growing the Japanese Eggplant, because its texture is more delicate than a large seedy eggplant and it has a distinct mild flavor. Stir fry with Thai Basil, sweet peppers, glass noodles, and a little shrimp for a real treat.
I made the mistake of potting my lemon grass too small. It's exploding everywhere. 15 gat pots next time. Or let it take over the wild grass. Lemon grass is not as sharp
Im looking at heat loving gardens, in Arizona we get hotter, no humidity gets us. Also ive finally got soil, not PH +8, 0.5% organics, got that to soil levels now, for humidity i have a dedicated mister on timer that helps at just sun up, and sundown. Im a stuborn gardener, now just being trying to outsmart bugs.
Tomatillos are a nightshade. In south Texas they are primarily used in making sauces(green enchilada sauce) as well as a base or addition for soups(chicken tortilla soup).
Lemon grass/ fever grass. Yours looks great. Some tips please on growing . I live in Alabama and have tried several times no results. The shade of sun. Soil? We have clay. Do you add sand
If you haven't found any pepper seeds yet a couple of good places to try for seeds are Baker Creek rare Seed Company out of Missouri. the other one is MI Gardner out of Michigan they both have website and RU-vid channels
It's lemongrass. So my tomatillos are not happy in the sun. What do you recommend? I haven't gotten even one flower to become fruit, and they look half dead.
Hard to say without knowing more. They like full sun, but need good drainage and plenty of water when it’s hot. They will flower less in extreme heat, but the plants are resilient and could bounce back and produce in fall. Also be sure you have at least 2 plants, because tomatillos require pollination from plant to plant.
@@johnamato8653 Hi, yes, I think it could be the extreme heat. There are three of them planted along the fence. They flower, but the flower doesn’t turn into fruit. If they do bounce back I might either move them or put a shade cloth over them.
Good compost, and start them early - before the flea beetles attack the foliage on young plants. They are pretty easy to grow. I like the variety "Traviata" from Johnny's seeds
Thanks for question. I don’t have any currently growing, but have in years past. They do love the warmth, however over 90 degrees and they may stop setting fruit. Here in my climate that means I have to start them by mid-spring in order to have healthy and loaded plants by early summer. They would struggle if I tried to start them too late. They are a perennial in many southern climates. Something I need to grow more of again. I still prefer yard long beans for production in the extreme heat.
