Everything You Can Plant Right NOW In JUNE For A Summer Garden Harvest – Heat Tolerant Summer Garden

🍃It’s June and I have a ton of garden ideas for you! In this month’s garden guide, I focus on heat tolerant, summer vegetable crops and plants that can be started from seed or planted during the month of June. I share unique ideas for various edible crop categories that is applicabale no matter where your located. I share all my tips and tricks as a professional seed and plant nursery so you can apply them at home.

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***YARD LONG BEANS, COW PEAS, PIGEON PEAS***
🍃How to grow yard long beans from seed to harvest: https://youtu.be/1de1mMUl15E
🍃Thai Soldier long bean harvest and review: https://youtu.be/lQUoLA5m2IM
🍃Yard long bean, Thai Soldier, Pinkeye Purple Hull Pea seeds: https://tinyurl.com/55cucpbb
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***CORN***
🌽Corn Seeds: http://tinyurl.com/ynf8sp9j
🌱Spinosad Organic Spray (Amazon): https://amzn.to/48aUK3F
***SQUASH***
🌿Cucurbita Moschata Squash/Pumpkin Seeds: http://tinyurl.com/2p9cm34f
🌱BT Spray: https://amzn.to/3P5Jn5n
***CUCUMBERS***
🥒How to grow cucumbers from seed to harvest tutorial: https://youtu.be/_aj19Mv2Lsg
Cucumber seeds: https://tinyurl.com/5em8j2ry
🥒Cucamelon seeds: https://tinyurl.com/ye6y9wte
🍈Kajari melon seeds: https://tinyurl.com/yznn95wz
🥒Indian Snake cucumber seeds: https://tinyurl.com/57jd9zpp
***HEAT TOLERANT/TROPICAL GREENS***
🍃Find live plants mentioned in this video – Sissoo spinach, Chief Kubo’s Prize South Sea Salad Tree, Katuk, Shampoo Ginger, Cuban oregano, culinary ginger, turmeric, lemongrass: https://tinyurl.com/mwzwbxsm
🌿Shiso aka Perilla seeds: https://tinyurl.com/mwb23cdb
***OKRA***
🍃Okra seeds: https://tinyurl.com/3bafwfsf
***PEPPERS***
🌶️ How to grow peppers from seed: https://youtu.be/9j74wQpahsA
🍀Cody Cove Farms – Seeds for unique peppers and much more: https://codycovefarm.com
🌶️Mathania Chili seeds: https://tinyurl.com/5cy8trdw
***EGGPLANT***
🍆How to grow eggplants from seed to harvest: https://youtu.be/1Rs7pcCP1kM
🍆Eggplant seeds: http://tinyurl.com/yc99ku6f
***TOMATOES***
🍅My tomato playlist – https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0pbzjoxbiF_-OirkFEVBWfCoI9qOhvX1&si=L762mNnthhIiI0Mk
🍅Everglades Tomato Seeds: https://tinyurl.com/5n949w2e
***HERBS***
🌿Herb Garden Seed Collection (6 varieties for the price of 5): http://tinyurl.com/yc22er5j
🍃Variegated Cuban Oregano LIVE plant: https://tinyurl.com/33vh466y
🌿Thai Sweet Basil seeds: https://tinyurl.com/2x4szvnw
💮Thai Double Blue Butterfly Pea seeds: https://tinyurl.com/2uah4zh7
🌿Papalo seeds: https://tinyurl.com/3tfhrm32
🌸How to grow roselle: https://youtu.be/Jh0e5GDbDTU
Roselle seeds: http://tinyurl.com/mv9swesd
***FLOWERS***
🦋Butterfly Garden Seed Collection (6 varieties for the price of 5): http://tinyurl.com/5etxbt94
🐝Bee Garden Seed Collection(6 varieties for the price of 5): https://tinyurl.com/3h2c6473
🌻Marigold Seeds: https://tinyurl.com/46wxwcjy
🍃African Blue Basil: https://tinyurl.com/32f6fwm9
🏵️Tithonia aka Mexican Sunflower: https://tinyurl.com/mrx63bwj
***LUFFA & MORINGA***
🌿How to germinate luffa: https://youtu.be/UveaM3vyA54
Luffa seeds: https://tinyurl.com/5d7k2fwt
🧼Exfoliating luffa soap bars tutorial: https://youtu.be/wFd3wY_jK1E
🌿How to germinate moringa: https://youtu.be/2nHDF2v01rk
Moringa seeds & plants: https://tinyurl.com/2d5h3we9
***ROOT CROPS***
🍠Tainung #64 sweet potato slips from Cody Cove Farms: https://codycovefarm.com
Sometimes I also have slips, but please support Cody Cove Farms. If they are out of stock then check if I have some: https://tinyurl.com/59wxsp38
🍠Yuca aka Cassava – This is propagated by plants or stem pieces not by the roots. Check Cody Cove Farms or The Reid Farm to see if they have some: https://codycovefarm.com or https://thereidfarm.com/home
***FRUIT TREES & PLANTS***
🍇How to grow muscadine grapes tutorial: https://youtu.be/6O6egKLiUNc
🍍Pineapples and other live fruiting plants: http://tinyurl.com/3rwyy54d
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🔨Trellis System Supplies List (Amazon): https://amzn.to/42Y2Niq
💦How I installed my drip irrigation system tutorial: https://youtu.be/QsJ14RDywcM
🌱72 cell seed trays (Amazon): https://amzn.to/3NGOtnO
♨️Heat mats: https://amzn.to/3t0NO9N

hello Gardener and welcome to my channel every month I do a garden guide which gives you tons of ideas on everything you can plant right now to help keep you on track this month’s Garden guide for June is all about summer survival remember last year’s world record-breaking heat well I wouldn’t be surprised if we get record-breaking high temperatures again this summer I think all gardeners no matter where you’re located felt the effects and struggled a bit but don’t worry I got you I’m an expert at gardening in the heat so this month’s Garden guide for June is dedicated to the best summer crops and heat tolerant substitutions to keep the garden thriving and producing even in the middle of the high heat of Summer if you’re new here hello and welcome my name is Jara I’ve been gardening all of my life and I’m a professional seed and plant nursery I love to share my knowledge and teach others how to garden and grow food so you’ve come to the right place if you want to improve your gardening skills let’s get into the crops you can plant right now in June the first crop I want to talk about is beans traditional green beans struggle in the high heat of Summer the plants get stunted in growth and drop flowers in high heat conditions it is better to grow heat tolerant types of beans like yard long beans cow peas Southern peas winged beans and pigeon peas or as my family and I call them guandules the most similar option to a green bean in my opinion is yard long beans and the Thai Soldier long bean they are like an extra crisp and long green bean I have a tutorial all about growing yard long beans and another one for the Thai Soldier long beans which I will link below if you want to learn more about them go ahead and directo seeds for all of these types of beans right now on June I was looking for a crop that I could grow in my Greenock Garden Planters during the summer it has to be something that can tolerate a little drought because these Pockets dry out quickly in between watering so I planted one up with the Thai Soldier long beans and another with a pink eye purple hul Southern piece and just a heads up my monthly Garden guides are full of a lot of ideas therefore I created a free printable PDF checklist with all of the crops I’m mentioning to help keep you on track this month in June to get it follow the link in the description so I can Emil it to you the next crop we are going to talk about is greens everywhere I look people are asking for heat tolerant green ideas because cool seasoned greens like lettuce and spinach don’t grow well in hot conditions you can experiment with some indoor grow setups to continue growing lettuce otherwise plant these heat tolerant Greens in your garden this month I have almost all of these greens growing in my garden and I sell plants for a lot of them on my website in general they all taste like a mild lettuce none of them have a noticeably strong or different flavor or peppery flavor like mustards some of them can have a mucus type of texture which many do not enjoy including myself a prime example of that is Malibar spinach but if you harvest the leaves when they are young and small they don’t have that much mucus so if you grow these harvest the young tender leaves for the best flavor and texture a lot of these are also perennial plants as long as it doesn’t get too cold and make for really beautiful edible ornamental plants that evade HOAs Like Chief kubos prize South Sea Salad tree for example another benefit is that these types of greens have more nutrients when compared compared to lettuce katuk and MinGa leaves for example have some of the highest amounts of plant protein by weight if any of you have some delicious recipes that use any of these tropical greens please comment below and share I’m always looking for new ways to cook with them okay the next crop is corn a lot of people grow corn during the summer but sweet corn that is grown in high heat conditions like over 90° fhe struggles a little bit first off the stocks will be shorter than normal for example I grow silver King sweet corn which usually gets like 8 ft tall stocks with big ears of corn at Harvest time during the summer the stocks get stunted and get like 6 feet tall it still produces some ears of corn but they are a little bit smaller I grow sweet corn during the spring or fall Seasons because they just do much better and they grow to full size if you really want to grow some sweet corn then go ahead and direct those seeds right now you might want to check out some of the sweet corn varieties bred by the University of Hawaii you can Google it and find some seeds online which grow much better in the Heat or Grow Flint Dent popcorn or maze types of corn during the summer because they are much more heat tolerant when compared to Sweet Corn this is some Mayan white maze that I just planted because it grows pretty decent even in the high heat I plan to use the process of nalization if I said that correctly to turn this into masa for tortillas and stuff like that if you decide to grow corn this summer make sure you have spin aad in stock at home because most likely you’re going to get the corn earworm I do every single time that I grow corn and the corn ear worm is a little bit tougher than other worms that I get in my garden so I like to use spinosad instead of BT is just a little bit stronger and it kills the worms on contact as well BT doesn’t so that’s what I recommend if you notice any twed up markings on your corn leaves immediately spray them with spin aad to knock the worm population down if you don’t take care of it soon they can literally eat up your corn plants from the inside out overnight moving along we have squash cucumbers and melons like cantaloupe and watermelons I’m going to lump these three crops together because they have similar requirements to successfully grow them during the summer you can direct so seeds for these crops right now in June just know that they catch everything all the pests and diseases you will have to really baby these plants if you want to get a successful harvest the main point is to choose early maturing heat tolerant and disease resistant varieties I’m going to make some recommendations for squash choose cultivars that are classified in one of these two groups a lot of these grow in tropical regions of the world so they do much better in the heat my favorite out of all of these is seminal pumpkins or calabasa if you’re looking for something similar to a butternut squash for something similar to zucchini I recommend trumu Andino ricat I actually like it better than zucchini these cultivar have extra tough and Woody stems so it’s harder for the pest to get into them I’m not saying you won’t get any pests they are pest resistant not pest impossible it’s just these plants will endure a lot more before ultimately dying off and by then you should have harvested a decent amount for cucumbers don’t grow the traditional Market or slicer types of cucumbers like the kind you see at the grocery store they struggle in high heat disease and pest situations instead choose hybrids that have a good disease resistance package or a great heirloom option is any of the Asian cucumbers these varieties will grow much better In The Heat Of Summer and increase your chances of harvesting something cucum melons are another great option to grow during the summer they look like miniature watermelons but they grow very well in high heat conditions and although they are not in the same family as cucumbers you can pickle them to get something very similar to pickles they grow great in small containers or greenstock Garden Towers which is what I’m doing the root system is not that big so it will do well in the greenstock garden Tower I planted some at the top of the tower so the vines just Cascade down as they grow lastly I recommend growing Indian snake cucumbers this is a very long light green colored melon that can be used like cucumbers it has a very mild flavor it does not taste like a melon at all this is from India and tolerates a decent amount of heat seeds are hard to find I will put some on my website as I harvest process and dry the seeds over the next few weeks so yeah there are a lot of heat tolerant options for cucumbers or cumber Alternatives that I hope you try growing this summer season when it comes to melons focus on early maturing personal size varieties you want to grow them quick and harvest them out as soon as possible if you grow the large size watermelons they take much longer to be ready for Harvest which means it’s sitting outside for a long time giving more chances for pests or diseases to mess them up choose things like kajari melons they are my favorite they originate from India so they grow pretty well in the Heat and taste just like honeydew melons as far as watermelons I like the personal size or early mat uring types this time of year like moon and stars or sugar baby and some final words of wisdom when growing squash cucumbers and melons during the summer don’t beat yourself up they will get past and diseases they will get them no matter how good of a gardener you are if you’re a new Gardener I recommend you grow these crops in the spring and fall so it’s much easier and you don’t feel discouraged if you get powdery mildew spray with one cup of hydrogen peroxide per gallon of water if the worms are chewing them up right with BT or spinosad if you don’t want to constantly be checking and treating these crops during the summer then again grow them during the spring or fall instead all right let’s move on with our next crop tropical herbs the majority of the herbs we love to cook with like Mediterranean conditions which means warm not extreme heat and dry soil growing them in containers grow bags or green stock Garden Tower will help keep the soils on the dry side but don’t be surprised if you come outside and they basically evaporated overnight from the heat so instead plant tropical herbs like these right here this is actually a whole bunch of Cuban oregano I have no issue use growing these through the summer I love to make lemongrass and mint tea I make a refreshing color changing blue iced lemonade with a Thai butterfly pea flowers I’ll make a video with that recipe very soon shampoo Ginger romes are grown for the liquid you squeeze out of the flour cones which is used in bath and body products Ginger turmeric and galangal are super easy to grow from root pieces purchased at the grocery store papalo is a really cool heat tolerant cilantro flavored herb that doesn’t taste like soap if you’re one of those people with a jean that makes cilantro taste like soap Ros Belle is a big flowering bushy plant that produces cuses that are typically used to make cranberry flavored Beverages and jellies so I stuck it in this tropical herb list for that reason I’m sure I’m missing a lot more tropical herbs so if you know of any more please comment below and just a bonus tip for those of you that really love Italian Sweet Basil try growing a Downey mildew resistant hybrid Sweet Basil there are a lot of new Downey mildew resistant varieties that have come on the market they grow very well despite the heat and humidity in my Florida garden I mostly just grow heirlooms but I experiment with a few hybrids here and there if one is actually good then I will tell you all about it June is a great time to transplant or dxo seeds for loofah Moringa or edible gourds like snake beans I would say June and July are the last months to get them in the ground to ensure you harvest before winter arrives luffa takes four to 6 months before you start harvesting if I plant now I usually harvest in November heal them all so I get to the lofa sponges inside and I make a ton of exfoliating loofah soap bars just in time for Christmas presents MinGa is a small tree and you want it to be a decent size before winter comes if you struggle to grow luah or Maringa from seed I have a few tutorials on how to get them to germinate quickly which I will link below in the description the snake Bean gourd is a crop that thrives in the heat it produces a very long edible gourd that tastes like a very good green bean they’re very tasty if you love to eat okra right now is a great time to start from seed or transplant okra produces a lot of food per plant without issue even if it’s extremely hot for the home backyard Gardener I recommend these spineless varieties so you don’t scratch yourself up at Harvest Time also give each plant plenty of space there are some dwarf cultivars that get around 3 to 4T tall but the standard okra can get 6 to 8 ft tall when it comes to Peppers I have some very specific recommendations sweet peppers are my favorite but they stop growing and flowering in the high heat of Summer except for the tropical types of sweet peppers like AI Kuka also called AI Dulce and a Florida native pepper called dle and there are two varieties of dle pepper one is hot and one is sweet both grow great during the summer I am triing out two tropical sweet peppers from Cod Co Farms called eidos and cap 4555 I have high hopes that they will produce a harvest of sweet peppers even in the middle of summer if you have grown these varieties before please share your experience in the comments below I will also put a link to codo farms in the description if you would like to learn more about these sweet peppers or get seeds when it comes to Sweet Peppers it is best to transplant them into the Garden in Spring so the plants are mature by the time summer arrives that way they can handle the extreme heat a little bit better they a young seedling it is too late to start some sweet peppers from seed right now but you could transplant I just recommend you put some shade cloth over them if you like hot peppers then Rejoice those things have no problem producing in high heat it is too late to just be starting them from seed but you can go ahead and Transplant next up we have eggplants it is too late to just get started with sewing them from seed just like with peppers because eggplants take like 3 months to be able to get to transplant size you should have done this 3 months before your last spring Frost Aid I find that the majority of eggplants also shut down in the high heat of Summer except for some tropical eggplants which continue to produce I’m growing two varieties from Thailand one is called Tha lavender frog and the other is called pea eggplant they produce straight through the summer I was traveling through Thailand a few months ago and didn’t know that Bangkok is the hottest urbanized city on Earth and I thought I had it bad here in Florida so yeah I was wondering through all of their markets getting ideas on crops I should be growing back at home because if they can grow it there in that intense heat I should be able to grow it here in Florida so look at crops from Thailand as inspiration for this summer now let’s talk about tomatoes if your last spring frost date was in April or May then you can transplant Tomatoes now in June they are a summer crop for you however if you’re a hot climate Gardener tomatoes do not grow well during the summer once temperatures get above 90 95° F they stop growing and flowering which means you won’t get any production it is for this reason that I grow my tomatoes during the fall winter and spring right now in June all of my tomato plants are done I’m going to start pulling them out and I’ll probably put a cover crop in their place I will start sewing tomato seeds indoors in July to plant in September so soon enough I will be growing tomatoes again you might get away with some extra tough hybrid cherry tomatoes that have a robust disease package or try growing the Everglades tomato another crop that I don’t mention too often is rice rice thrives in high heat and lots of rain which is perfect for our rainy Florida Summers it is a great crop to plant in areas that flood where you otherwise wouldn’t be able to grow anything edible I’m actually experimenting with a a couple of Japanese rice varieties that were gifted to me from a farmer so I’m very excited about that if you have any rice growing tips for me I would appreciate it if you share in the comments below next we have root crops it’s way too hot to grow potatoes but there are lots of Alternatives like these right here my favorite out of all of these crops is Yuka also known as cassava it is mild in flavor kind of like potatoes but the root has more of a texture to it you can mash it smooth like potatoes and fry it into Yuka fries the two tropical root crops that are the most similar to a fluffy texture like potatoes after being cooked is edible Taro be careful because there are a lot of ornamental types of Taro that are not the edible kind there is also Malanga also called Coco yam and true yams which is called nam in Spanish these are kind of similar to potatoes too other root crops include hikima which can be grown in a large container it is a vining plant so build some sort of a trellis for it to grow up upon hikma is not exactly like potatoes but it’s good in its own way if you noticed I put how many months it takes to harvest these crops after planting it takes a long time but each plant produces a lot of pounds of food way more pounds per plant than potatoes if you plant now you’re not going to be harvesting until the end of fall or even next year which means these plants will go through your winter season these are great options for those of you with mild Winters no snow otherwise the plants will die during your winter and you won’t Harvest anything next year the fastest growing option from this list is sweet potatoes which can be ready for Harvest in as little as 3 months if growing in ideal condition I conditions so full sun lots of water rich soil and fertilizer sweet potatoes are a great root crop option for those of you with a shorter warm season personally I like to harvest sweet potatoes when they are 5 to 6 months old to ensure they are big tubers also the leaves are edible so you can add sweet potatoes to the list of heat tolerant leafy greens too if I had to recommend just one sweet potato cultivar it would be Ty Young number 64 but it’s hard to find slips not a lot of people sell it otherwise I would choose Fugard or the purple skin and flesh okan nowan sweet potatoes because they have high amounts of antioxidants bonato also called batata is a type of sweet potato except it has white flesh that is more starchy than the standard sweet potato I also put the Botanical names of all of these root crops because a lot of the names are used interchangeably and it causes a lot of confusion use the botanical name when buying Roots slips or plants so you know for sure what you’re growing plant these root crops now to take advantage of these summer heat and rains so they take off and grow quickly if you’re not familiar with these root crops go visit your local Spanish Latin American or Asian grocery store buy some and try eating them to see if you like it before planting next up we have fruiting plants and trees like these right here you can plant these outside during the month of June these trees or plants are perennial and once established will produce so much food year after year with much less care when compared to annual crops I divided this list into cold climate fruits and hot climate fruits if you’re a cold climate Gardener meaning it snows during your winter plant the cold fruits if you have mild winters like me no snow plant the hot fruits might sound weird but it’s just my way of organizing this because tropical fruits like mangos for example do not like the cold some of these fruits like peaches for example have specific varieties that grow well in colder climates and other varieties that were bred to grow better in hot climates that is why some of these appear in both lists so do your research and make sure you select the correct cavar for your climate this is a Florida hos variety of avocado I think and I’ll be in these maybe like in August or something like that but look they’re already forming a ton of avocados so far we’ve just been talking about edible crops but flowers are just as important to bring in pollinators and beneficial insects I recommend you directo seeds for heat tolerant flowers like these right here African blue basil and Tonia attract the most amount of bees into my garden maragold attract beneficial insects and ward off worms that chew up your plants amaranth is a showstopper in the garden the plants get taller than meat it also produces grain that we can eat or feed it to your chickens if you’re struggling to grow any of the crops that I mentioned I probably have a dedicated grow guide all about it it will teach you everything you need to know from starting the seed to harvest if one exists I will link it all in the description below right now I am filming a video all about summer garden survival tips just to kind of share my strategies and things that have helped me make it through the summer in my own garden that video will be released next week so stay tuned I hope this video has inspired you to not give up on gardening during the summer and continue planting so you can reap a huge Harvest thanks for watching and I’ll see you in the next video