5 Plants You Can Still Grow in Late July 

FYI if you didn't know I have in-depth grow guides on my website for most of these plants: → Basil Guide: www.epicgardening.com/growing-basil/ → Beans Guide: www.epicgardening.com/how-to-grow-beans/ → Papalo Guide: www.epicgardening.com/papalo-herb/ → Watermelon Guide: www.epicgardening.com/how-to-grow-watermelon/

"There's no point in not trying." My new favorite quote.

Casually mentioning his childhood trauma while discussing basil 😆😅 *sending hugs*

1. basil, lettuce leaf 2. beans, dragon tongue 3. papalo 4. chard 5. melon, golden midget 5.5 fall / winter squash??

I didn’t know the Property Brothers had another brother.

I have always planted carrots and beets in mid July for canning they are much sweeter when harvested in late autumn. The earlier planting we eat fresh. This plan has been very successful for us.

The last point you made at 3:50 is super important. Even if its not the right growing season grow it anyways and try it out. You will know what the plant at least looks like, and you know conditions when it will be stressed (too cold to hot). You might be very surprised by what you can get away with growing where you live!

Dude! This is EXACTLY the type of info I need, even if I may try other things because I'm stubborn. PLEASE do this every month, forever 💓

Thank you for being an inspiration to me being a new gardener! I was going to give up planting since I've always felt that I'm trying to keep up and running behind the times of planting etc.. but what you just said about keep on trying really made me feel a lot better and.... I will keep trying and planting just to see what happens! Blessings to you!!!

Perfect timing. I just prepared my yard for gardening. I was hoping there was still time. Fyi our phone are listening to us, because this post popped up in my feed today. Just saying yall.

basil is a great tip for planting now. we grow it inside year round and love it!

Love this idea! More options of later start plants, I would also love to see some suggestions or plans for succession beds you've tried. Congrats on the new home!

1:45 that is growing very well and delicious cilantro lemon zest flavor!

Thank you for sharing your suggestions. This is my first time gardening and appreciate every suggestion given.

I literally just planted basil, lettuce, beets and melon...Then this video popped up in my suggestions! 👀😅😂😱

I once grew cannabis outdoor late in July, didn’t get the best weed but still worked

July 2021 and I just found out about a whole bunch of great plants I've never even heard of before! Thanks!

Good point. Especially for newer gardeners the worst case scenario in planting late is you learn more about that plant so when next year comes you will be more successful.

Thanks for sharing. More series like this please... what to plant to get ready for a season or upcoming season, etc.

This is timely Kevin! You are answering a question that I asked myself yesterday. I will head to Menards and see what seed they have left.

Thank you for the encouragement !!! I was sooo sad that my early season garden plans haven't turned out the way I hope because... Life... And being a new lazy gardener but I really want to grow my own food!!

MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS PLS, I ALWAYS FORGET WHEN TO PLANT WHAT

What a great idea! I could really use one of these for every month!!!!

My hubby told me about Papalo and I was like what!? Never seen it or heard of it and I'm mexican! I was pleasantly surprised by this handsome man. I will grow some now.

I just planted some Minnesota midget cantaloupes last week. Your garden is awesome! Thanks for the great videos!

That's so true, might as well try instead of losing time!

Big heads means there's more room for knowledge! You're good bro

I just planted some cucumber, bean, and pumpkin seeds this week. I was injured at the beginning of the spring season and am just now well enough that I can clear space and plant a seed or two every day. I am a firm believer in "why not try". At worse, I may lose a few seeds I already have, but I gain more by getting outside in the sun and getting a little exercise.

Thank you so much for these tips. I can't wait to try the papalo and tiny watermelon. So excited

Thanks for the recommendations. I thought I would have to wait until next year again. Its good to know you can still grow things going into the fall.

I have two different type of basil plants but I’d like to grow lettuce leaves basil, too! Nice haircut!

Love this outlook and attitude about growing! We need not limit ourselves to three or four months out of the whole year. There are truly so many possibilities, no matter where we are. Thanks for spreading that, and always thinking outside the box. :)

Papalo is my summer favorite!!!

we also love growing spinach in long rows and harvesting a bunch in a month or so

Swiss chard is so so good. We cook it with sautéed onions and add our favorite tomato sauce … mix with farfalle pasta (or your favorite). ~ Maria

Omg!!!! I love popolos! Didn't even think about growing them ... I mostly eat them when I travel to Mexico! THEY ARE DELICIOUS!

Thank you! I love experimental gardening and you just inspire that side more. Great recommendations! 😊

I live in Missouri. Summers are brutally hot, winters are cold. I love Swiss chard. At the end of the year, I’d mulch it and let it overwinter, uncover it in the spring and get a second crop of early greens. Then it would bolt.

Your head seems perfectly sized to the rest of you....I get the scars though... young people can be especially cruel...I experienced that myself. I appreciate this video... new raised beds gardener this year and I was itching to plant more but thought it was too late for anything! Thank you!!!

This is the first video of yours I'm watching. I needed a photograph of the things you wanted us to think about. Other than that, nice and important topic. Thumb up and I subscribed.

I always grow basil . I love it. I make tomato/basil sandwiches, pesto, add it to my water, to pizza and to my cooking of course . I can’t wait for my tomatoes to ripen!!

Beautiful Video and thank you for sharing !!

Timely video as I was bumming on my cilantro bolting again! Thanks!

I planted another round of cucumbers, winter squash and lemongrass and they're coming up nicely! Worst case, they won't have enough time, best case they will 🤷🏿‍♀️. Never heard of the cilantro alternative, thank you!

Thank you Kevin! ❤️

Good thing this video is there. I live in LA too, so I know it is relevant. TY papamama

I never thought to hear about papalo outside of Mexico... that's it, subscribed! ☺👍

Potatoes can be sowed now in July and harvested late fall/early winter before snow comes! Atleast we do that here in Sweden :) also Kale! Kale can grow even when frost has come.

I planted some cabbage, endive, broccoli, brussel sprouts and winter cauliflower. Maybe I will try some of this big basil. Thanks for sharing :)

My favorite phrase is "If at First, I don't succeed......Then I Try Again" I am going to try restarting my Watermelon plant. The first one wasn't doing so well. I had 3 in one large pot, and it became root bound. Like you said, the worst that will happen, is not trying at all....or something like that. Thank you for your videos. I'm learning a lot in what to do so this next batch can grow better.....1 plant, 1 large pot! 😁

Cilantro for summer growing: culantro. It tastes like cilantro, but not as tender of a leaf and has a stronger flavor; they do not look the same, and it grows like a weed. Cubans use it often.

My personal favorite is cinnamon basil. But I don’t have access to lettuce leaf.

Thank you for all the great tips. I'm a beginning gardener and was wondering what I could still do. I really want to try to find some of that cilantro alternative because mine bolted and I got rid of it and yesterday my husband was asking for cilantro... LOL

With April, May, June and Half of July shot..I am scrambling to get beans, zucchini, cucumbers, and Swiss chard in. I am growing some lettuce indoors, and will start some spinach, bok choy and cress next week.

👍 Great episode as ALWAYS. I ❤ my garden and y'alls in this channels community. I get a plethora of ideas and knowledge from here. Thank you 🙏. I have spinach, tomatoes, tomatillos, and others growing out of our compost from last year's seasons, that we spread along my garden this spring. Last year combining forces with all the food plants this year is making for a colorful July 🌱🌼🐝🍉🍅

How about another segment on bugs eating plants. Holes on my mini eggplant leaves. ☹️ my purple beans leaves have white spots. Double 😔😔

Thank you for summer fun planting ideas

Is it a secret code that the video’s time is 420? A crop to grow in July...420.

Thanks for the suggestions!

Excellent info, thank you!

I wish you would toss in more up close shots of the plants you are talking about as you chat about them. It would help me grasp the ideas you are bringing up. Just a tip! Thanks for the good info though.

Papalo is pretty good. I've seen people selling their harvest, and the plants where really big and leafy.

Gardening is such a good place to get peace of mind!

Great ideas! Thanks for sharing this info.

I'm surprised you know about Papalo! You definitely earned my like and I just subscribed!

Oh snap you know about papalo. My grandma loves them, she snuck some in from Puebla 😂

Im in colorado zone 6.5ish, and just planted a fresh bed of potato and sweet corn, the bed that I just pulled potatoes from….

Thank you for sharing your ideas. I'm a new subscriber and I enjoy your videos.

I might give those beans a dry. We love green beans. I started some half runners and for whatever reason they are doing pretty meh right now. I grow them every year and always rotate my crops. We had a crazy spring/early summer where it was literally winter temperatures one day and 90+ degrees the next. My grand parents always used to can green beans and of course they passed that on to me. I have a spot in my garden that will be vacant as soon as it stops raining long enough to dig my potatoes up. I also got some lovely compost waiting to be applied to said garden.

I had collard crops make it through the winter with no covering what so ever. I live in the mountains of North Carolina.

Exactly what I needed to hear! Thank you!

Your head is beautiful, that's what make you to be you, no one else can be you. YOU ARE EXCELLENT. Be joyful and stay away from the HATEFUL.

I might give the golden midget watermelon a try. I was gonna try summer crisp lettuce because the vegetation on my tomato plants, pepper plants, and herbs is lush and a very deep jungle green, but I might have missed my window unless I can find some started already...plus I only have a patch in my garden maybe about the size of a car door left to work with anyways because I'm gonna plants a patch of flowers in my garden with my daughter. I just did a small garden this year, tilled by hand, and put A LOT of work into it. I got 9 tomato plants that are healthy and full of green tomato bulb and flowers, 1 bell pepper plant, 2 hot Chille pepper plants (I had a lot of pepper plants wilt away from something they didn't like around mid June), I have a 2 1/2 by 6 foot patch of onion sets, a little area with onion sprouts I'll use for sets next year amd habanero sprouts I'll move indoors in September, a little patch for herbs; so far just Parsley and Oregano, then I have a small patch reserved for flowers and a small patch for one more crop. Definitely gonna try and get my hands on the dwarf watermelon u mentioned if possible. Next year I plan to do double the garden space. Thanks for your videos, they have been helpful to me in only my second year ever doing a garden on my own and first time in 6 years.

I really like the red Malabar spinach & New Zealand spinach!!😋👍🏼

In this video, you look interview ready(minus the blazer). I like it!

Thank you so much for this video! I need the encouragement right now so I got tomatoes to grow from seed and they are fruiting right now so that was awesome... I thought I was going to have okra but it seemed to grow viney and prematurely I don't know I'm guessing that there's a reason why it's grown in Florida and not Massachusetts LOL. My beans are trying to do it all right I guess but my squash it's flowering in the flowers are falling off I don't know what I'm doing wrong then plants look pretty good but yeah after that off track thank you so much for this video and I will try and plant some of your recommendations I do have Shard coming up though the rainbow type this is my first year growing Edibles besides herbs.

AND... your hair's on point. Thanks for the tips.

In Belize (south of Mexico) we use Culantro as a Cilantro substitute.

Can't wait to add to my garden!

You know the crazy thing.. YT recommended this to me a year after in July.. nice

Thank you, i am glad i found your site - can i grow these in pots? or in the ground - God bless you for sharing - Houston, TX

Awesome video loved the tips

I was surprised that you didn’t mention growing ginger. I just put it in a Ziploc with a paper towel after soaking it for a bit outside since it’s hot, it sprouts and then I bring it back inside where I can control the lighting better.

Thanks for posting the photos of lettuce leaf basil. I was curious how big it can grow. I love it when you mention your fave varieties to grow. I would love if you could tell us where you buy your seeds. I have had trouble finding seeds for some of your recommendations.

I planted pumkin seeds and they sprouted July 28 and I got sweet basil two bell pepper plants and tomatoes already fruiting at the store

Thanks

The stores around here have pulled their stock of seeds; and, I don't seem to be able to find plants that are already started and ready for transplant. But, I do have some carrots and three varieties of radishes that I can grow from seed. I might have to wait until the end of August to plant them though.

Love the advice! Thanks!

Thanks for the info...

Pumpkin and other melons grow well right now in Texas.

I just started some cactus and succulents 😍

I am trying the sugar baby watermelon variety. They say the vines only get about 4' long but produce good sized fruits we shall see

🤣🤣🤣 big head!!...you remind me of my brother 🤣🤣🤣 Looking good though with that fresh hair cut 👍 Thanks for these recomendation, I was just wondering what type of bean would do good in the heat. SA, TX is hot, we are at 99 all week 😅, but I notice it gets a bit fresh at night. That is good for the plants. Keep up the good work 👍 Good bless you 🤗

I have started flat dutch cabbage and perpetual spinach. I hope to make some kraut this fall and I like spinach. My rainbow chard and rattlesnake beans are still going strong.

Thank you so much for reinvigorating my green thumbs!

Beautiful info ❤️❤️❤️❤️

I’m new! What a nice, short, informational, and relatable video. Subscribing.

Thank you so much for your videos

Love your videos!!!! It’s like an old friend is talking to me

Lemongrass is always ready to grow. I have way too much. But when i get really into the tea i can mow down a bush in a month or two. My loquats have sprouted. No idea where i can plant them. :)