Summer Growing Guide

[@donrad]

In the desert Southwest and Mexico farmers wake up at 3 am to get into the fields before sunrise. Add artificial light if needed. Cool and fresh in the morning. By noon they are done for the day. Eat breakfast, drink some beer, and take a long siesta during the hot afternoon. Early to bed, early to rise; makes a farmer healthy, wealthy, and wise.

[@hyacinthABC]

I've actually taken to nocturnal gardening in the heat - a headlamp keeps the hands free!

[@steveteeceebee670]

Don great way to describe inland Southern California too.Been 105 to 110 here.I use partial tree shade and shade cloth with a domelike chicken wire frame and wood frames. Tomatoes,tomatillos,peppers,eggplant,basil,corn,sativa,indica and strawberries which are still going.Have a great summer.

[@easternshine8580]

@@steveteeceebee670 sounds like my garden in this 105+ degrees days. The plants are doing good👍🏽

[@miz180]

That’s some darn good advice brother

[@uniteamerica9446]

I've been using a beach umbrella when it was in the high 90's and low 100's with dew points in the high 70's.

[@Sanosarah]

Just commenting to say I love this style of video. Dense information + hilarious asides = highly bingeable content.

[@gottisxgarden]

I always “like” the video before it even starts🤣. Also, I originally posted this comment in the first minute of watching the video. I’m currently commenting at the 8:50 mark. Wow. Going to continue and come back to this. 14:46 another one I didn’t think of/ know. 17:04 😂😂 has to be the most truth ever😂😂 18:04. Damn. I’m a young farmer and what I can tell anyone else looking to getting into this farm game is prepare to learn. You can’t learn enough. Research articles, random google searches, KZbin university, books, listening to other farmers and elders, sharing with and being open to learning from other young farmers. Wow. Thank you for this video. I was already feeling motivated about the rest of this season but im so much more after watching this. Priceless. On top of that you don’t have to put these videos let’s be real, you’re a farmer in real life. This is just KZbin. So thanks again.

[@Frenchiezy]

Dude just keep talking all the science! I nerd out about biology too! Thanks for all you guys do!

[@BreeT1221]

I just want to say, I don't think you talked to much. I love all the explanations of how things work. Love it.

[@jamesfisher9594]

Wasn't too long, just the right amount of ramble.

[@arjunapartha]

Your finest and funniest work? Kelvin jokes? 😂 Bravo.

[@patriciaakley1379]

Oh no; I'm not done yet. Get away from me. OMG I'm a NERD that has watched this video at least 3 times and I've laughed so hard at this each time. Intense heat and mostly drought here thus far in Lansing, MI, 5Bb. THANK YOU!!!

[@frankenstice2829]

Yo Jesse. I am a small farmer who does both no till and hydroponics. I give you mad respect to stay so pure in your values and still produce for a living. Myself, I won’t scale up doing no till after getting knowledge in hydroponics and seeing the yield and quality . Mad props. We need people like you helping others grow their own food.

[@joaoc9049]

If you haven't, check out aquaponics!

[@breadseedaggie3001]

every effing week, jesse droppin' knowledge! much appreciated.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Agree! Fast, in-depth info for all gardener levels!

[@Chris-bx4vk]

*mulch appreciated

[@evelynewaefler8244]

PLEASE never stop your videos, your geek-assumed-side is an underestimate gift for us 🙏 i have to watch twice often cause the amount of information you are giving is so generous. I just LOOOOOVE your videos and especially your funny unexpected comments. I'm awesome, i'm a subscriber 🤟😆 I'll order the book right away! Evelyne, Canada 🇨🇦

[@AngelaShields_]

My favorite part of this video was the scientific part that you thought some of us may want to skip. Thanks for sharing your experiences, and such invaluable information, with us in your videos!

[@ChopChic1]

I just harvested 220 potatoes from the 32 I planted. I went ahead and left a potato in every hole, hoping to get a second crop before winter. I did use an organic fertilizer as I know potatoes are heavy feeders.

[@kellylynnstudios2185]

Just keep planting! I needed that!

[@kasonglover1638]

Fun fact: Kelvin are an absolute unit, and therefore do not invoke degrees! Useless science facts, gotta love ‘em.

[@geckoman1011]

This is the first video Ive seen from you. Outstanding work. I found this very informative.

[@nateiowa3359]

Absolute wealth of knowledge. And I’m absolutely nerdy enough to appreciate it. Figuring out what and how to plant when my spring crops die off in the heat has always been a mystery to me. Thank you sir!

[@shykass8949]

Here in Florida (zone 9b) in the dead of summer I am growing sweet potatoes, Turmeric, ginger, asparagus beans and hot peppers. Tomatoes at this point in the summer are prone to splitting due to too much rain plus the bugs are pretty out of control. Mexican spinach (Chaya) does really well and the bugs leave it alone. This is also our season for a lot of tropical fruit (papaya, mango, figs, bananas and so much more) plus Moringa.

[@gavinjones3637]

With a weather forecast of 40°C this week, this was perfectly timed for me. Thank you, for all of your videos.

[@marcob1729]

I’m at 7,200’ in Colorado, and I appreciate the high altitude shout outs and considerations. Thanks!

[@BlueGnome42]

Last month or so I been watching gardening channels and this randomly came up this morning. I soon heard your were in located in my home state and that was nice. But damnit 5 minutes in and this has maybe became my favorite channel for learning to grow stuff. Great stuff!

[@RobinL4715]

We love growing black eyed peas (cowpeas) in the summer in FL and also hot peppers. Thanks for the instructions- sooo helpful!

[@TheRabidfan]

I LOVE your channel. You're like the Alton Brown of agriscience ❤️

[@YaYaThePatriot]

From one science nerd to another, thank you for your “nerd” explanation - I LOVE your comedy you work into it all, you are hilarious as well LOL! Always planting :)

[@DenSvaraTradgarden]

It’s 305 Kelvin here at the moment and wild birds are ruining my crops. 😕 My approach is to just plant and sow and plant and sow all summer and hope SOMETHING will survive. So far the score is me 5 and birds 387.

[@karenpalmer3325]

Add a cat or two to your garden. My cats hang out in garden and the birds do not enter the complain constantly but don't enter.

[@precisionbarberbear]

1.3% of the time you won every time haha.. That sounds ridiculous i know but those are victories that shouldn't be forgotten. This year has been shit for me in a lot of respects but if i stop i will lose 100% of the time. No despair. Onward.

[@trashbandies4905]

Try some bird netting??

[@kimaccardi9817]

Plant irresistable decoys for the wildife

[@cathycharron-folsom4504]

I use bubble wrap on seed rows for some crops and also use around tomatoes when planting in May in northern Maine. Normally if plant touches plastic when really cold, the plant will freeze but does not do with bubble wrap because of air pockets. By end of June tomatoes are big and many.

[@jeshurunfarm]

Thanks Jesse. Respect from Africa 🇿🇦

[@argetlamzn]

Thanks for the encouragement to get out and plant some more!

[@lisadouglass1229]

Information rich! Humorous (dry and delightful). Thank you.I love how you just give information with confidence and yet also ask for input with humility. Well done. Zone 5B here so we have different planting schedule but the info is solid and applicable.

[@rodrigogarcia354]

Súper valuable like always, thanks so much... Big hug from the Argentina mountins

[@robertling9872]

Great video again Jesse. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@abculattera4446]

Another vegetable I recommend that is heat and drought tolerant: Moringa. It's stupid easy to grow, and even though it's a perennial tree it grows fast enough that it is often grown as an annual in climates with hard freezes. Plus it's super good for you, and unlike any other leafy green that I know of it dehydrates really well, allowing for long-term storage. It also can be grown for seeds, which I've heard are edible (though, I did NOT like the cottony feeling when eating raw) and produce an edible oil when pressed. Good seed production requires as many leaves as possible to stay on the plant, though, so I wouldn't consider it a dual-crop, more of an either-or crop. You can also eat the immature, green seed pods like green beans, and immature, green, non-woody stems like asparagus. It grows quickly enough that you can actually get some pretty long twigs before they become woody. I have also heard (though haven't actually done it) that the roots can be grated and used like horseradish.

[@wirelesscaller7518]

WOW, grateful.

[@mikedonovan4434]

@@steveo_o6707 Grown as an annual in zone 7a.

[@mikedonovan4434]

@@steveo_o6707 In the intense summer heat, moringa leaves are a key ingredient in our green salads. We have enough plants for a handful addition to our daily salad. John Kohler recommends consuming many different greens for health.

[@atomicjoe]

Before it gets too cold, cut it and leave about a foot from the ground. Cover it with a bucket or cloth and it can grow from the base next year. This is what I do and of course you can start it from seed and it will do just fine 🙂

[@diegoschmiego3460]

@@steveo_o6707 give it a shot. they germinate a grow very quickly. if you are in the south you many even be able to leave them in pots and bring them in during freezing temps.

[@mikenorby9470]

souther peas do well (purple hulls)

[@RickSears-xm8oz]

Love the science nerd stuff up through minute 6:22. We think of all the complex things we do an assume plants don't do anything but sit there. If they didn't have these whole amazing biological capabilities we just aren't living. Keep teaching!

[@hyacinthABC]

Heat tolerant (or loving) crops I'm growing in 9b: Japanese eggplant (white and green), "white" currant tomatoes, Sungold cherry tomatoes, okra, Lesya Ukrainian peppers (suffering from sunscald so I added 50% shade cloth), Chinese red noodle long beans, basil, ground cherries (just about finished) all in full sun - it's been high 90s-100 this week - and frizzy mustard + wild arugula in part shade. Beds are super well mulched. I'm having a flea beetle problem this summer but trying some Neem. I took cuttings from my heirloom tomatoes (finished this month) to try a second crop later in the summer for the first time. First frost won't be until at least mid-December. So glad I discovered your channel!

[@hyacinthABC]

Actually ground cherries are under light cover.

[@MadlyinLovewithJesus-1953]

Some say that diatomaceous earth will help get rid of the bugs with exoskeletons (which I know is true, but wonder if it still works once it gets wet).

[@sarah_gene]

Yeah those red noodle beans just keep trucking! Gita long beans have been doing well for us in 9b too

[@sarah_gene]

@@MadlyinLovewithJesus-1953 yeah you have to re-apply DE as it washes/blows away. But unlike neem/sprays you can apply at any time of day, so that's a plus for it.

[@bigwooly8014]

I'm 8b central Texas. 3oz teatree castile soap 1/2 oz neem oil Table spoon baking soda (optional) 1/2 oz orange oil (optional) All mixed in 1/2 gallon pump sprayer worked first round on the flea beetles ravaging my okra. One and done they haven't come back. Also kills squash bugs almost on contact, thins cucumber beetles but not as immediately as the squash bugs. Edit: obviously don't apply in hot sun

[@rosea830]

This is so helpful! Malabar Spinach is a vigorous vine that I find grows well trellised. I grow mine using okra as the trellis and they get along fine. The berries taste like spinach. After your Beet video, I went to Johnny's and started nosing around all the short season brassicas. I don't usually grow hybrids, but I'll make an exception if it helps me get a crop growing that would normally be destroyed by the BUGS.

[@bobthrasher8226]

When do you pick the leaves? The leaves tend to get really tough if you let them go.

[@coombabaykelpiesltf5494]

Thanks Jess! Once again great content and very helpful!

[@5ivearrows]

You're the best, Jesse.

[@kimyee2083]

Nice advice Am New England gardener and planting whatever Seeds I have because weather is excellent here.

[@ottawasupermario]

so much free information! You're so giving

[@sweetpeasbackyardgarden1236]

Lol short video. I love the digressions Jesse. Thank you for sharing.

[@mococlimbing]

Thanks 4 sharing. I do malavar spinach at 1150m in the mountains in pyrinees. Summer but sometimes i mid-shade. Also did it in autum and woks well. Then winter under glass cover i plant giant winter spinach. Sometimes without cover and under snow, but it gets more damage depending on the weather.

[@RBD582]

You’re speaking to my soul sharing the science behind the growing. This is the first video I’ve watched on your channel. Immediately subscribed!

[@RBD582]

Are you an enneagram 5 too?

[@rbroach68]

I love the context and science basis. Keep talking, let the people skip! P.S. I might start using K just for the fun of it. 🤠

[@erikunger2297]

Great video, gonna need to watch it a few more times.

[@beltoftruth56]

So glad your from Kentucky so am I so I get the advice for my area

[@5ivearrows]

Another thing that happens when the stomata are closed is that oxygen free radicals start building up, and that does real cell damage within the plant. The plant does have chemical modes of mitigating this, but it costs energy and is not very many good.

[@notillgrowers]

Thanks, Colin!

[@terrywereb7639]

If you'd like to see stomates at w ork...rhodendrons have large enough stoma to see easily. When the stoma close , they become narrow ovals in shape, and the leaves curl.

[@rachelhenderson3275]

I finally have some space to grow stuff. I'm growing it, but i planted way too much all in the begiining of the season. Now I know to start fewer plants so I'm not completely swamped finding different spaces to plant them. and I wont have way too many of one item at once time. THANKS A BILLION

[@scattershomestead]

I’m so intrigued by your ways of gardening! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge with us!

[@rustic35]

Just came across your channel and thought you did a great job with this! I'm from a hot part of Australia so, your knowledge can be adapted to here. Cheers from South Aus!

[@UToobSteak]

Greetings from Columbia, Ky! I bet you've forgotten more about growing than I'll ever learn 👍

[@tolbaszy8067]

Love the "Fun Facts"! Thanks!

[@circledot-kc8il]

If you grow in the South I highly suggest building shade houses of some fashion. I live in a very swampy part of SC and I grow most of my sensitive summer crops in shade houses and lath houses. You can buy cedar lath fencing and conduit to create very cheap lath houses. I do my summer lettuce in a lath house with misters that go off every 10 minutes for 1 minute. Pretty much stick to muir lettuce in the summer but it works great. I'm basically going to build tons of lath houses and farm in them. Pretty novel and pretty AF. If you plan to sell on site build a nice lath house to sell your stuff under.

[@EDLaw-wo5it]

Good video for my area. Thanks. I am also in zone 6b but in an extreme drought area at this time and should next summer be as hot as last we will be fighting drought problems. I think you covered it all very well. Havagudun Jess.

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Keep being nerdy.. Love these in depth videos. Extreme temps here, so I'm learning from every video.

[@dannysanchez8665]

Malabar spinach is so easy to grow. Here in the tropics, I have grown this using plastic tumblers. It does make a tasty salad.

[@tbluemel]

Wish they had a "Love This Video" button instead of just a "Like" button for this one!

[@Rymorin4]

I love your long form videos

[@conniepr]

Loved the comment below about the sheer curtains. Imma try them too. With misting the sheers, I bet it will work.

[@dirtcheapgarden22]

Thanks Jesse.

[@i2sky532]

Loving the botany lesson!

[@PerfectGardensTV]

Just keep planting*** love it!!

[@scottholloway316]

Great information!! Will start trying the water methods you talked about with the tomatoes and watering at night and then direct sowing in the morning. Great hat!

[@D0praise]

Been loving these vids, thanks for the content!

[@browntownorganics2172]

I’m having excellent results with tarping carrots after seeding. Enjoyed the video as usual!

[@cpnotill9264]

I as well Browntown......works the charm.

[@cpnotill9264]

@@markrodrigue9503 I did that last year Mark and worked great. Just happened to get a silage tarp since then. Great reminder about using the boards! 👍🌱

[@fiorevitola880]

We are experimenting with shredded cardboard for mulching this coming season, replacing hay/straw because it's so expensive in our area, also we are using shredded cardboard in our mulch piles for carbon material hoping that it will speed up the process of mulching.

[@bingeducationcentre3557]

salam dari Indonesia. Videonya sangat bagus. terimakasih telah berbagi.

[@johnjones1534]

A classic mid summer crop in the Deep South is Field Peas. Alternately called Southern Peas, Cowpeas, etc. Latin is Vigna Unguiculata and Long beans are a subspecies of this plant. Absolutely loves heat and while very drought tolerant, it really thrives and produces when keep well watered. Nitrogen fixing legume, so fertilize, but lightly. Delicious varieties abound and while it is often grown in long rows it works just fine planted densely in patches or beds. Just leave space to walk in and pick. You can plant it right now in the South and still get crops in September-October timeframe. Try Pinkeye Purple Hull. Absolutely delicious.

[@Uncommon5en5e]

Thank you so much for this video inspiration! I need you to know that you've reached this growing farmer at just the right time. Thx

[@zachwilliams805]

Thanks for all the info for high altitude growers. 4500 feet here and any advice helps. Will be looking into Wild Mountain Seeds.

[@lindseymorgan8245]

Louisiana is hot baby! I plant, it burn, i nurse it, plant some more, sun won't let up. I just order a canopy garden shader... otherwise 😫😩 Imma keep planting & keep pushing 💞

[@notillgrowers]

That shade will help! Sending you the best for the rest of your season 🤞 that it gets cooler

[@lindseymorgan8245]

@@notillgrowers 😃It's raining baaaby!😄😁 lets geaux! 🥰

[@twoprimo]

I enjoy your various bumper music! Oh ya the info is good too. That’s a good fog ya got there. Good Fog here’s a biscuit!

[@nchomestead7860]

Adding a 50% shade cloth to my garden this year has resulted in some of the healthiest tomatoes and peppers I've ever had. It has also made starting seeds so insanely easy because I can leave them under the cloth without any issue, even on 95+ degree days. I will always be putting in a shade cloth from now own.

[@robertmccabe8632]

Hope to get the shade cloth up before this summer (nz) as shade is critical now for growing food due to the extremely high UV levels in summer due to the Grand solar minimum. Jerusalem artichoke are good for shade as the high UV dosen't effect them.

[@ravensrolltop]

Wonderful video. Keep up the nerd science. Subscribed.😁

[@iwenive3390]

Chard dominated in the extreme heat. Hot peppers also did good in crazy heat

[@notillgrowers]

Oh nice! Our chard papered-up in the heat this year so that was 👎

[@iwenive3390]

@@notillgrowers I’ve heard the chard does better in the heat if you start it in the heat and better in the winter if you start it in cool weather

[@KrazyKajun602]

July-Sept is time off here in Louisiana. Just too darn hot. plant summer cover crops and wait till late sept to start planting fall crops and other fall/winter cover crops.

[@hyacinthABC]

I used to feel that way but people in Texas, Georgia and Florida are inspiring me to get my fall plants started inside so they're way ahead by September. Plus I do grow some heat loving plants all summer in New Orleans, I just go out near sundown and work late.

[@johnjones1534]

There's lots of things to do in the summer. Just have to use the right crops and work early and late. The siesta is a thing for good reason.

[@hyacinthABC]

@@johnjones1534 What summer plants do you grow? In Louisiana 9b I'm growing 2 different Japanese eggplants, red long beans, okra, basil, Lesya Ukrainian peppers (just added 50% shade cloth due to sun scald), Sungold cherry and white currant tomatoes (struggling a bit now) and ground cherries (about finished). I'm rooting cuttings from my heirloom tomatoes to see if I can get a fall crop for the first time.

[@johnjones1534]

@@hyacinthABC A lot of the same things you are. I'm in 8a. Multiple varieties of tomatoes, peppers, okra, eggplant and squash. Pickling cucumbers, bush and climbing beans, just put in a few stalks of sweet corn. Red long beans like yours and a few herbs including basil. And a few varieties of Southern peas, which love this heat. Best wishes.

[@susanjohnke3575]

MORE science, please!! Loving it! I feel like you didn’t explain why too much oxygen is bad for the plants - or did I miss that? Been trying to understand what happens to plants in the heat for ages and you almost got me there.

[@notillgrowers]

The oxygen itself is not always bad (plants and roots need it) but free radicals can begin to build up, among other issues if the levels increase too much. It also just dramatically slows down photosynthesis because the plant has to take a whole other inefficient step to get back to making carbon (in a nutshell).

[@susanjohnke4341]

@@notillgrowers That makes sense to me. I guess what I'm still trying to understand is, is watering more the only answer? (outside of obviously improving the soil the way you always talk about - waiting to get your book in the mail, btw - so excited!) It seems sometimes, that no matter how much I water, some plant just don't make it. Mind you I'm in Austin, TX where it's been 100 degrees non-stop without rain for about 6 weeks... Given climate change, I think this is a super important principle to understand, as more and more people will deal with increased and prolonged heat and I want to learn how to still produce food in those circumstances.

[@gingerhaven2642]

@@susanjohnke4341 somehow create shade (grow okra?) which creates coolness? full sun in hot summer seems overkill yes? I am in Central Florida and working thru summer to grow when many many others don't.

[@gingerhaven2642]

@@markrodrigue9503 love the science! "stomata" close up under heat and water stress?

[@seedhound]

Thank you for all the shared knowledge.

[@gingerhaven2642]

Egyptian or molokhia spinach is growing great in Central Florida heat and I'm looking forward to pickling the seed pods.

[@diegoschmiego3460]

yep. okra is pretty much all i can grow in texas right now. well, and cow peas, popcorn, peanuts, sunflowers, peppers, and for some reason i have a few basil plants hanging on, but none of those put out like the okra.

[@jayne-oxtons8285]

Great video, just what I needed to hear when struggling with labour shortage and needing to prioritise jobs. Not so hot in U.K. still a critical time to sow autumn/winter crops as need good growth before short day length becomes an issue. Time is running out to sow Radicchio and parsley for winter.

[@wirelesscaller7518]

Brilliant data. So grateful.

[@legalyzeit]

great video. here in NorthFlorida we are planting yardlong beans and sweetpotatoes, also gourds and of course cover crops. Going to try to throw some other stuff in the green house, which is uncovered this time of year

[@rwg727]

you're awesome, Jesse!

[@ChristianCorrao]

Jesse, I liked that video so I liked that video!! Just got your book in the mail yesterday. Keep up the great work!

[@scotthuey1981]

Thank you so much! Incredible video, v generous of you! 😊🌱💚🙏✨

[@lawrenberghanson4401]

Thank you for your nerdiness! rubisco sounds like a chocolate drink or soft drink company 🤣🥤😋

[@avermontlife]

I very much appreciate your authenticity, and I absolutely learn something, while laughing. I needed this message today, it's like you intuitively understand what it means to farm/garden in the summer. Loved the kelvin addition and please continue to raise the standards of KZbin by teaching the soil and plant science. I grow bush beans within my tomatoes, and of course basil and peppers. I sort of shove bush bean seeds in all the empty spaces throughout June.

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

Planting out month old squash, melons, tomato and pepper seedlings into 100 degree air temps. Went with about 3 inches of compost, gathered off curbs in my neighborhood and recently completed along the lines of your video on the subject. Topped the compost with another 3 inches of straw. Going to throw in some mushroom substrate into the bed, and see how that plays out. I created a small 2'×4'×6" straw bed, for Tiger Sawgills, and they ran through 8 straw bales im using as raised beds, using guidelines from OSU. We've got a 20 degree temperature drop for the next couple days, so fingers crossed!

[@ilb735]

OSU?

[@VictoriousGardenosaurus]

@@ilb735 Oklahoma State University, gardening extension. They've got a video and some literature online

[@ilb735]

@@VictoriousGardenosaurus thanks 🤗

[@hyacinthABC]

Do y'all have squash vine borers or squash bugs up there?

[@hyacinthABC]

How did the tomatoes do in the 100° temps? Ours won't set fruit that hot.

[@harlowecustommicrogreens]

We grew Malabar for a couple of years here in Eastern NC Zone 8A. We tested both red and green Malabar. We couldn't sell the Red, a vine, at market or in restaurants. Additionally the Red Malabar seeds early and veraciously. Don't let it set seed or you're in for issues. Green is extremely heat tolerant, almost to the point of the hotter the better. Thick runners cast from the plant and you can either cut the runners or just harvest the leaf. We harvested the leaves, which is more time consuming but presents better for sale. Be careful composting the runners after you cut them as they'll reroot and take off in the pile. It took some time to establish a clientele on the green as it's texture is very different than winter spinach despite having a similar flavor. It's slightly mucilaginous like okra which adds to the different texture issue. However it did give us something green to offer at the market when it was 100 degrees out and we were still being asked for greens/spinach. They do like nitrogen so make sure it's fed and you can easily start them in the greenhouse in March to set in the field as soon as the frosts are done. It'll continue to push new leaves/runners until winter. It's a good long season crop, but does take time to maintain.

[@b40u2]

Saudações do sul de Portugal, Algarve. Agora estamos no verão com 36° centígrados. Tive rede verde até junho na área virada a sul, mas retirei para cultivar tomate. Manjericão e alface na sombra dos tomateiros. Na fila ao lado tenho milho, batata doce, e chufas, ou como é mais conhecida junça (tigernuts). E na terceira fila, funcho, boldo, videira moscatel, chuchu e Silva mansa, melão andino ( Solano muricatum) . Apenas 50m² horta comunitária. Amei tua apresentação e continua com o teu excelente trabalho.

[@DeniseLopezAT]

I'm in 8b, AUstin. I really like my Malabar Spinach, and it re-seeds itself every year. Lima beans are doing well, cucumbers are finally taking off, spaghetti squash, cantaloupe, peas, peppers, tomatoes, strawberries, basil (watering everyday)...I'm testing out heat variety of lettuce, like you've showed us, doing well inside so far.

[@diegoschmiego3460]

im jealous. i invested into 20 bare root strawberries this year and managed to kill every last one :D

[@mattreinecke4399]

Nice shirt! Frith Farm... Despite living in Italy, I have both of your books...

[@wildrangeringreen]

A way to help get around using shade cloth is to interplant your beds with tall, long season plants like corn, okra, tomatoes, peppers, peas, ect. The shade shifts around throughout the day when they're tall (as long as you don't plant your tall crops too dense), they're not tall in May (when you want the heat/light), and it allows you to grow things like sweetcorn without losing a bunch of potential revenue off a bed that could have been filled with lettuce or carrots. I plant my sweetcorn throughout my entire field blocks, 5 feet between "hills" (clumps), 5 seeds per clump, 51 inches on center (36" bed, 15" path). each bed is staggered from it's neighbors. I also plant pole beans at each clump of corn, so I can have green beans without devoting much bedspace to them (like you would with bush beans). Peas go where the irrigation heads need to be, and the posts for the trellis support the line and heads above everything. .6 acres of vegetables planted like this have the same sweetcorn yields as if you planted .3 acres in the "way you're supposed to", with 30" centers and roughly 12" spacing yet allow enough light to the floor to grow everything else during the summer (which you can't easily do if you planted on 30" centers).

[@jessstuart7495]

Thanks for the tip about the seed company with the high-altitude plant varieties. Our last frost date is typically somewhere around mid-May, and the afternoon highs can also exceed 90°F by that time too. We got a late start to planting stuff in our small home garden this year (2nd week of June), and lots of our seed failed to germinate (soil temp too high), despite lots of watering.

[@gretchenbieber7572]

Kelvin! Ha! I subscribed right then and there.

[@stonemountaincreations3459]

Thank you

[@catherineemerson99]

I appreciate all the science stuff as a soil science nerd! Any tips specifically on planting a fall potato crop in heat? We're in SW Oklahoma and are usually in the upper 90's and 100's for July and August.

[@newfreenayshaun6651]

In the high desert, its siesta all day long, we get up at eight, nine, ten even on a good night and rest. When it gets too hot, we sit in the shade for a joint, then back to work til the first one wears off, then, back under the tree to ponder and plot the late crops. My red woods and pineapple trees are as tall as my sunflowers already, with at least 12 weeks to go. Carrots are definitely stuck. 😑

[@EnjoyThisMomentDIY]

New sub! Absolutely LOVE all the science you explained. I’m super new to gardening so I felt overwhelmed at all of it, but I’m trying and learning. You are a pro!