Summer heat in your Florida vegetable garden can be intense. Elise Pickett with The Urban Harvest will share 4 tips for helping your summer vegetable garden beat the heat plus a bonus – 10 summer vegetables to grow that thrive in our summer heat! These Florida gardening 101 videos will help you get a solid grasp of how to summer garden in Florida.
0:00 How to Care for Plants in Extreme Heat
1:23 Proper Irrigation for Plants in the Summer
5:04 Mulching for Plants in the Summer
7:27 How to Use Micro-Climates for Plants in Summer
9:58 How to Use Seasons to Your Advantage in the Garden
12:35 Plants that Thrive in Summer Heat
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This is very helpful. I always just gave up in the summertime and definitely didn't give my soil the attention and protection it needed to not be stripped of its nutrients. It's great to know alternatives now! Thanks 🙂
just in the nick of time. I'm a newbie and really need help. You seem very informed, and love your demeanor. I look forward to watching lots of your vids. I noticed that u didn't mention papalo, mine simply loves this weather…and oh so delicious. b safe and mindfully at peace, Jose
for ur Spanish viewers, red kidney beans grow great in the summer. don't bother writing me back, i appreciate that u r very busy, b @ peace, Jose
Hi I live in south Florida! Love your videos. Can you tell me what kind of mulch you top your beds with?
Thank you so much!!!!
Moringa does very well in Florida climate and grows like a weed. The greens are very nutritious.
I'm in st pete. I think I dug up the wrong side of my yard 🥲 way too much sun
When you say hot, try living in tropic and your house right 3 mtrs beside aspalt road. And all have pavement, the temperature is 30°C ++ all year. Even my fig tree have burn leaves in first year. I transplant it in bigger pots and have adapt. My greens easy to bolt. It gets better when 2 guava trees grow bigger and putting shade to house. Thank you for your info on micro climate. You explaining it well. At least my chilli pepper is blossoming, when the price of chilli is 2x the usual.
I have a big problem with these bugs look like blinded little machines, they attack my squash, calabaza etch. I'm afraid of them I think they bite
regarding watering in drier early summer times, what about a drip system?
Having lots of papaya trees and with them lots of rats ! Now how is it with all the great plants you just info ed us on with tats ? Does they attract them too ? We are taking of any signs of fruit but on one tree …to stop the rat situation
We ate in central Florida the Capitol for rats
what a sweetie pie you are <3 i’ll be looking to your vids for advice as i get started on my gardening journey in florida 😀
Great information that I have been searching for!! Subd!
Great tips 👍
I'm in zone 9b south Florida. I water my pepper plants in the evening (I don't get the leaves wet) it tricks the plant into thinking it's cooler out and therefore keeps my plants producing flowers and peppers throughout the summer. I do have my plants mulched. The peppers grow slower and smaller but this method allows me to keep the plant alive until the weather cools down again.
I am about to atart experimenting with growing my tomatoes in my pool enclosure and another group outside of it. I hope the screen of the enclosure doesn't cut down on too much sun. Excited to see how it goes.
Would be nice if you gave a list, in the description, of the 10 summer vegetables since I could not understand some of the names when you said them.
rattle snake beans and seminole pumkins or squash are good ideas too
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I'm in Florida also. You mentioned clients um I can grow most of anything in ohio and I'm lost down here
New to Florida and glad I found your channel. One thing I'm wondering about is ants. If I were to sit anywhere in my garden for awhile the ants will eat me up. How are you able to control the ants?
Very nicely explained and to the point. Where do I get the seeds or cuttings you described
Hi where are you located? In which zone? I am in zone 10 a. TIA
The channel I've been looking for! I'm on the 9/10 zone border and haven't had much luck but I will try your tips! Thank you!
How do you manage squirrels? In one day they ate off all my sunflower heads.
I’m moving to Ft Meyers soon. I’m so excited to be able to grow veggies throughout the year. Thanks for sharing!
Hi just found your channel. Im in port charlotte fl and im about to start my first ever garden. Can you tell me why you have raised garden? Are they important? If so i will build them before i start planting.. thanks
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It’s a tropical paradise! Thank you!
Hi! Thank you so much for the content, it is so hard to learn specifically for Florida growers. I have a space that is almost 100% percent shaded. Is there anything I can grow in that space during summer that can handle the heat but not need the sun?
Great video. We are in Spring Hill and are just planting some Okra and Eggplant. When do you usually take your tomato plants out in the summer? We have an Everglade and hope to keep it as long as possible.
OMG I just got a good rain after 29 days.
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Hi. Wondering if your advice would be good for southern Mississppi.
I normally do not plant a vegetable garden over the summer but with the issues of supply lines and shortages I changed my mind. In my Florida garden I have planted or will plant eggplant, yard beans, cow peas, pole beans, sweet potatoes, pigeon peas ,yellow squash and Seminole winter squash. I have read that you can eat the sweet potatoes leaves .
what time do you consider early morning for watering?
Does the type of mulch matter??
Should we put the mulch after they sprout or before?
During the night my peppers and eggplant leaves get eaten
Hi! Do you find that plants that require "full sun" actually do better with a little partial shade here in the tampa bay in the summer time? I just feel like our sun is so strong very strong.
Hi I am coming to pick up Roselle and Butterfly pea on Sunday. Can I shop then too or only online?
I just read that magnolia leaves are death to a garden, that they release a chemical that prevents growth. I was going to use them in my raised beds because we have loads of them, but I read they are better for weed control. Have you found any issues using them?
At what point do you mulch? Will seedlings push through 4 inches of leaves?
It's June 14th. Can I plant Sugar Babies icebox watermelons and expect success? I appreciate your
advice.
I like how she uses the chapters and actually has some crop recommendations that would be yummy.
Dont forget peanuts!
So very helpful videos . I feel you during summertime🥰