Uncommon Chinese Vegetables That Thrive in Hot Summers or the Tropics

[@AsianGarden2Table]

Wow, thank you so much for putting out this video. It was great to have you visit my garden. Hopefully soon for next time when our new garden is built. You has been one of my inspiration on KZbin for gardening. Thank you so much.

[@VagabondAnne]

Love your channel! I'm working on my trellis based on your middle bar/twine system. You are amazing! Thanks so much for all your videos!

[@catherinegrace2366]

I subbed your channel because of seeing John feature your garden. Love your channel and content.

[@Seminolerick]

@Legend Drew you are a dirt bag... leave your feces elsewhere...

[@SuzNews]

I agree with other people commenting here that we've been watching AsianGarden2Table for years already, too! Very inspirational! 🌹

[@TM-we6eg]

I love how they have their seeds sorted on the website

[@nnoble92]

John your videos are incredible and you are the majority of the inspiration for me starting my own gardening KZbin channel. Thank you for all the amazing content over the years!! 🌱🌱

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Omg I've loved her for years. I wish this episode was a week long. Her voice is so sweet and she's has so much information, I could listen to her for hours.

[@zippyzipster6863]

Wow, 2 great gardening You tubers in one video.This is a fantastic bonus, thank you so much John.You’re both great 🙏🏽😁

[@nancylucas8555]

Thank you John. Great interview, wonderful new channel you introduced us to.

[@em286]

Cool! She's so awesome! I love watching her videos. She puts out really good recipe videos too. 😎👍

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Love what you bring!! GYG is such a rockin culture :) just grabbed a shirt. Thank you!

[@popp-de-pop2812]

Fantastic interview. I learned a lot.

[@tylam3896]

Love her videos and been following her. Can't wait to see her new garden.

[@GreeneGene33]

Just put an order in from Asian Garden 2 Table,...Thanks for the great info John, Grow on always..

[@rachellove6990]

Thank you so much ☺️ for this video I love to diversify my garden growing choices!!

[@ineedstuff8286]

I used here simple recipe for stir fry, and over past 2 days learned how to cook bok choy. I am not exactly a cook... my skills are minimal and utilitarian. I grew all this bok and figured welp... i cant jam all of it into my silver bullet (which yes, i know... we all want a cold press juicer thing :D)... i tried it once, and used too much oil, too much heat and tried next day... still used a little too much oil, BUT, figured out a good temp for the stove I have... tasted great and WOW... I can say i stir fry now... her channel is great, and her family is a great example of what kind of fulfilled life is possible.

[@akindofmagick]

Just placed an order - have been desperately searching for seeds of the Asian greens our family loves!!! THANK YOU so much for this video. My carbon steel wok from The Wok Shop in San Francisco can’t wait to snuggle in with these home grown fresh vegetables. 😍

[@rayol7695]

John this is excellent video. I’m starting to enjoying your video more and more. Thank you!!

[@jamesclaire115]

My wife is Filipina and she loves Asian vegetables. Many vegetables are hard to buy, even in Houston. Thank you for the many great videos that l watched over the years. I have visited the website in discussion and l really found the site awesome. Be blessed. Happy gardening.

[@mmqueen8070]

I just ordered seeds from her the very first time , super good qualities ! I ordered the purple long beans and different types of summer leafy greens….love her work and passion . And thank you for the video , always very informative😇👍👍

[@melinaz3385]

I saw these green beans being advertised, so glad that you shared! I love your posts! you can eat the sweet potato stems too, they are quite popular sold as dried.

[@neridadamas1649]

Love videos I n s p i r i n g totally!!!!

[@kimberlyferrier1312]

Thank you so much for info about plants that will grow when it is very warm. thank you so much for your passion about these Asian plants. Your web site is awesome. love that you can pick your climate.

[@raymondsmith4386]

John thank you so much for putting this tremendous Seed Company on my radar. going to change my garden completely

[@SantoshK.Mangalore]

Thanks for your efforts towards a greener planet. I could recognise many of the vegetables varieties as they are traditionally grown in Mangalore, India coastal region. Stringed beans, loofas, watery spinach, okra etc have different names in the Tulu language spoken locally. My favourite is the bitter gourd. Requires an acquired taste to like it. It is medicinal. As the saying goes EAT YOUR FOOD AS MEDICINES OR ELSE YOU WILL BE EATING LOTS OF MEDICINES AS YOUR FOOD. 🙏

[@ontherocksinthesoilmichael6739]

When I can financially will order. I grew up in Hawaii where many of these were available. I've missed them! Plus many more. I've checked them out already! Love it!!!

[@luzvelez2423]

Looking forward to order some of her seeds. I do enjoy her videos, great job John.

[@ccorn8139]

Love this! Chinese food is my fav! Bless you John! 😍😍😍

[@mtaxashomestead2670]

Eat the okra leaves, palm sized or smaller, they're so good! Gotta eat your greens 😋

[@catherinegrace2366]

Interesting. I’ve never. I hated okra but it grows like a trooper so now I love it for pickles. I’ll try the leaves.

[@stinamj]

That's really cool, thanks!

[@angr7220]

Awesome trellis idea

[@iChaz]

Great video, John!

[@pamelanaylor6283]

Thanks for introducing me to another garden channel - this one more suited to my growing conditions here in Florida! (you can tell that John was functioning on very little sleep - not the usual exuberant John that we are used to watching - I'm feeling exhausted just watching - LOL)

[@marlenen6130]

It might be the heat also? Or maybe he was just be respectful by dialing it down? He does get so intense that I’ve had to change channel.

[@jimkkonopka335]

This is a really really good video. Thank you very much !

[@VagabondAnne]

Asian Garden 2 Table is fantastic. I love her videos. I am currently, like SoCal Kevin below, making a trellis system based on hers. Mine will be smaller, and made from copper, but that middle bar in combo with the compostable twine is the key idea.

[@VagabondAnne]

And I love her focus on VARIETY. I hope she prospers in her seed company, I will check out her seeds.

[@Lizditz]

Thank you! I live in Sarasota this was so helpful

[@cynthiaengle3226]

Hey John, I’ve got a HUGE SECRET! A gal from Scotland who lives here in the Palm Springs, California; desert 🌵 land! How to keep critters away from all types of plants! Can you guess which vegetable is the STOPPER OF THOSE CRITTERS AWAY? Okay, Answer is: Green Onions! Yup, plant them between your other plants, flowers, and veggies etc. She has the best variety of veggies that are mouth watering just looking at them!! Plus, green onions not only taste good but even the tomatoes are beautiful and taste great as well!! I subscribed to your videos today & really enjoyed your personality & knowledge is amazing! Thanks, Cynthia:)

[@tarawalker7193]

Love their channel! and they have the best seeds! produce year after year!

[@Seminolerick]

Thanks... just ran across this in April 2021... ordered while watching... I love the unusual eats !

[@ontherocksinthesoilmichael6739]

Shared their website on Facebook, Twitter and sent to fellow gardeners I know. I encourage you to as well! Support family run business!

[@samuelgamato971]

I am a subscriber of their channel also. Love it ♥️

[@3dclothes889]

I have this growing in my yard and n Jamaica which is a pervasive vines. It takes over the whole yard. I thought it was a weed and was trying to kill it out but it seeds like crazy so I lost. So glad to find this out. I even found out I have soya bean too.

[@kikikut22]

especially because she's coming from a farmer family, who became educated in a certain way to become an engineer... (so plant/human parallel potential), i liked what she said @ 1:08:22 "and they (hybrids) chosen for a reason..."

[@mahani940]

My winged bean just sprouted yesterday yay!

[@TM-we6eg]

Thank you for the video I'm on their site right now lol

[@Sheenasalesthriftytreasures]

Great video I love her mission it’s so awesome hope you do a follow up show

[@yeevita]

I will still always save my own seed. However, I love learning about new plants to grow and eat, esp. ones that will grow in super hot zones. Many Asian plants grow wonderfully in hot climates and there are many more leafy greens in the Asian markets than in US markets.

[@66bigbuds]

All large flea markets have a dealer of those awning parts. I set up one like that to hold a 40% shade cloth for my cukes. Works awesome.

[@lakelady185]

The moment I saw the garden I knew who it was. She has the best winter melon growing video!

[@patzhang6641]

Me too

[@telsclark]

Last year I watched you I lived in a high rise flat so I took your advise and did my best with big pots on my balcony had over 50didnt type of veg my tomatoes and chillies were the best ten didnt types all lovely! This year I have a medium size front garden and a large back garden I can now compose and make some raised beds! Going to try micro greens also. This year you videos are so much more exciting for me as I have the space to be able to do a miniature version of what you're doing!

[@wybeellc]

Subbed and liked ! Great video my friend ! Keep up the good work. :)

[@ameisherry]

My grandma used to make sweet potato leaves 🍁 as well :)

[@catinabox3048]

"Choy" isn't a category of vegetables specific to China. It literally means "vegetable." All vegetables are "choy." And the family name is a completely different character even if it's pronounced the same.

[@dickburns9200]

Good job John! I love her!!!

[@Maggie-Gardener-Maker]

John when you gonna do the update at their farm? I looked on your video list but couldn't find it. I've been a viewer of her channel for about 8 years, and buy seeds from her too. I've been a viewer of your channel many years also. Keep up the good work! I send you best happy gardening wishes from my homestead in northwest Florida.

[@guygooch1626]

Hello neighbor John, from Miami. I have a garden in front and back enjoy your stay in FLA.

[@tinawindham6958]

We need pics!!

[@debiegordon3787]

I live Space Coast. of FL & also use bunny 🐰💩poop in my compost pile😁😁😁 I also grow Ornamental Sweet Potato Vines for my bunny! Loaded w antioxidants🐾🐾🐰and she LOVES it👍👍👍

[@da1stamericus]

Hi John! Hello from the Netherlands. I am growing these winged beans this year.

[@DanielleCapichano]

Oh. My. Goodness! This here is exactly the kind of video I've been looking for, like you don't know. My mother married a man of Chinese/ Puerto Rican heritage, and he worked in his father's restaurant as a child. However, he was never able to teach my mom what he knew before he passed like my dad's family took to teaching her basic italian cooking and cuisine. I had looked into making soy sauce and a few other basics, just to have something to show my two younger brothers of their marriage what they come from. I'm coming back to this video to take footnotes later tonight. They live just north of Tampa in Pasco county, so most pf all presented here should be relevent for them too. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@prameelamathew9877]

Wow, thank you so much for this video and shares with you the best uncommon Chinese winged beans.can we get some winged beans seeds.

[@bycfr08]

26:22 I was like, Oh no!!! We don't eat those raw back home unless boiled / sautéed / in a soup. Sorry, you made me laugh when you started chewing it...Hahha! Thanks for your videos John!

[@DaKineGardenStuff]

The veggies look like the ones my dad grows in So. Calif. He’s Filipino, born and raised in Hawaii.

[@DeadeyeJoe37]

I grow Malabar spinach. I use them in a green smoothie. I don't put a ton in, but I do use a good amount. I also will put in chard, kale, & sweet potato greens

[@da1stamericus]

Mmm Malabar spinach is the only spinach I grew up knowing in the Caribbean.

[@Danfoodforest]

Next time you visit Tampa Come check out my Food Forest and veggies garden

[@mamtajaya3428]

My favorite beans . I love cooking with curry powder

[@clericoftruth8880]

Subscribed to her channel. Ty GYG John

[@liliavilladotcom]

In Thailand they eat the wing beans fresh to cut the spicy of curry. They are always on the table with other edible leaves. People just snack on them they’re great. They are super rich in vitamin c and calcium.

[@chezsuzie]

LOVE long beans!

[@kevinmr]

Hi John, nice video! When is your CES video coming out?

[@lovenotes5299]

I have grown the long beans , they are delicious! My seeds came from China

[@jeanque04]

Thank you Idol 💝💝💝 .... I started again to grow my seedlings/Roots inside my kitchen 😊😊😊

[@lynnboyett5540]

I’ll have to watch out for your version of mild. I grow Chinese Chives and for me, and my family, they are spicy as hell. I can use them but sparingly. And I like radishes but most of them have to be taken in small doses, too, with plenty of cornbread.

[@bevonviechweg7891]

I would try okra this year

[@norikotakei9417]

In Japan we do tempura with shiso a d chrysanthemum leaves. I slice okra about 1/8 inch mix them well so that they become slimy. Pour bit of soy sauce on it. For me they are delicious this way.

[@lisalph8922]

You just eat the okra raw then?

[@norikotakei9417]

@@lisalph8922 Yes, thinly sliced, add a bit of soy sauce and eat them raw. Over piping hot Japanese rice. 😋

[@lisalph8922]

@@norikotakei9417 , thank you for the recommendation!

[@gphx]

Since most of her seeds appear to be varieties new to us of species we commonly grow they may represent an opportunity for those looking to obtain genetically diverse stock for the development of landraces.

[@nonyadamnbusiness9887]

In Florida it's not that developers are "bulldozing all the soil away". Between the Suwannee River and Lake Okeechobee there is no soil. There's a thin layer of leaf mold or thatch on top of the sand that quickly disintegrates and washes down to the water table in the summer rains. I've watched a three foot tall pile of woodchips completely disappear into the sand in three years. The sugar sand is usually full of root knot or sting nematodes too. So, not only does the sand not hold any water or nutrients, it's infested with root destroying microscopic worms. One big sand bar is an accurate description of Florida. We spend April and May dumping water on a garden to keep it alive, June, July, and August battling the massive load of mold, fungus, parasitic algae, and insects that the summer rains bring on. Then in October it's back to drought. Asian vegetables tend to stand up to Florida better than European vegetables.

[@kornflakez1009]

We call them cigarillas in the Philippines. We put them in soups or sauté them with other veggies, meat or fish.

[@albertgjohnston]

You are very close to my house. I'm in Largo. Not many successful front yard gardens in Pinellas. Most cities and deed restricted communities don't allow or permit front yard vegetable gardens. If successful it could be easily vandalized or poached or plundered. I am sure in my lifetime that will change. I've had friends that had their citrus and tropical fruit trees stripped of all fruit while they were at work.

[@apuz13]

John of all her seeds what one's will be good here in Vegas?

[@Nuyorknetwork]

Dude. I'm in St Pete as well

[@Seminolerick]

Did you get your cookie yet ?

[@whiteknight7wayne493]

Virtually all sweet potato leaves are edible cooked. They are delicious. I believe the early european settlers to North America used that among other things.

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I LOST YOU COMPLETELY! I JUST FOUND YOU AGAIN YAY!!!!

[@albertgjohnston]

Ah yes, okra, that is the one I need to plant!

[@antonyjosephine494]

Greetings and best wishes from India.. Hope you are doing good.. Iam very mad in growing Rose's, pls upload and explain how to grow beautiful roses in home sucessful..

[@time4grace8]

Each compost must be dried, store dry for years. Filing compost will only attract flies. But this idea is good only for urban gardening. Medicine man will do it this way. If you can dry banana peels; you can store and eat it in one year as meat replacement. You must microwave to take off bacteria, and dry and store. !took at recipes for banana spaghetti meat balls.

[@bruce3579]

I live in Arizona would you recommend these for me? I'm outside Phoenix so it gets hot. And if not what do you recommend. Thanks.

[@SunshineCountryChickens]

Winged bean in the thumbnail? Ive been seeing them everywhere even in my Farmville2 game its a new crop

[@johnnyr701]

So I live in Phoenix, Arizona. Temps average 106-110 or more in the summer. Will any of these vegetables grow here? FYI I do use shade cloth to help...

[@bruce3579]

I'm outside Phoenix as well I hope he answers this question.

[@lawrencecole6527]

Ah rabbit manure. Nice modular netting. No wonder it's called a wingbean, looks like feathers on it. Looked like okra sort of. Pickle that okra! MmMMmm Cool seeds!

[@kikikut22]

the fast, wok style cooking is interesting, and good in keeping the food more fresh and alive, but unsure of using deader energy from gas powered stoves, you know? but substitutes? fire of course, but..

[@aicram62]

are there any vegetables that like hot days and cold nights like in North Carolina?

[@pinklightninglights2012]

Hi John, I am in South Florida, right up the street from Sean at "Got Sprouts" and have been watching many of your awesome videos. I had a fantastic garden this year and plan to expand for next year. It is April and I still have a lot growing but I'm looking for things to grow that will endure the heat and keep my containers full. I do juicing and of course compost. I don't have a huge amount of space to grow. We are using the 15/30 gallon grow barrel (with soil). I would also like to try some different things so this video is excellent. My neighbors and I do some veggie sharing and we all have a bit different technique. Please let us know next time you come to South Florida, perhaps we can meet and you can see some of what my neighbor has done.

[@TropicBob1]

What was that variety of sweet potato grown for leaves?

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Enquanto fala,devia ter uma tradução.🌹

[@jxmai7687]

for you is uncommon, for us is so common, lol, cut them to thin slide, you can fire it with chicken or cock them as soup, both of those melon can grown to 2-3 time bigger. they are more sweet when fully grown in Summer to Autumn, the kind of sweet but not like suger.

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You: I probly should have had mine setup like that from the Gecko! ME: You get supplies from Gecko too?! GASP! Clutches pearls!

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Sunshine Skyway.

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[@homermtz]

who immediately recognized her backyard without even knowing it was AG2T as the guest

[@ImASurvivorNThriver]

Looks like her website is down. I couldn't order anything.

[@Neusabonfanticenzi]

Tradução vc faltando.💖

[@Seminolerick]

Awesome, lengthy video. Content detail is phenomenal. The interview ... very interesting. 3/4 of the way thru, I went to her site & ordered... my home maybe 35mi N of her... am starting new on raised bed gardening... was a natural fit ! Side note: I did notice no wedding ring... perhaps off to work in the soil etc. ...a rare sight for housewives in the USA (yes, some do remove when washing dishes, so it does not easily slide off...) NOT meant to be a nasty...just felt it was interesting. I kill almost everything I try growing, so am gonna get educated on her channel (I hope) in watching some of her vids on “Asiangarden2table.com” site. Thanks for the post/ vid ! So close, yet I did NOT know of her....

[@karensabolcik2511]

How like mine in az n nj your not allowed to have or grow anything in fine yard the hospital didn’t plant when they built the home . It sucks bc my front yard it so ugly in az here

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