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Summer Vegetables to Grow in your Florida Vegetable Garden | Beat the Heat in your Summer Garden



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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47 Comments

  1. Eat See RV

    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 🙂

  2. jose ramos

    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

  3. jose ramos

    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

  4. Kris Lopez

    Hi I live in south Florida! Love your videos. Can you tell me what kind of mulch you top your beds with?

  8. tera chuu

    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.

  9. Blanca Mateo

    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

  11. castaspell7

    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

  12. Aimee Ferrer

    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 😀

  15. D

    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.

  16. N Peace

    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.

  17. gizmotech007

    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.

  20. Steven Foster

    I'm in Florida also. You mentioned clients um I can grow most of anything in ohio and I'm lost down here

  21. Flowerfreak 72

    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?

  24. Breanna Helgerson

    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!

  26. 2075vj

    I’m moving to Ft Meyers soon. I’m so excited to be able to grow veggies throughout the year. Thanks for sharing!

  27. Steve W

    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

  30. Summer Floyd

    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?

  31. Plamen Dobrev

    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.

  35. Stephen Cullum

    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 .

  40. Shelby Busque

    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.

  42. Nearly Organic Noshing

    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?

  44. Tommy Byrd

    It's June 14th. Can I plant Sugar Babies icebox watermelons and expect success? I appreciate your
    advice.

  45. Shawn Green

    I like how she uses the chapters and actually has some crop recommendations that would be yummy.

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