sack-o-tools asks: spring/summer vegetable gardening suggestions?
what vegetables have you had success with during hot months? i live in the central east coast of Florida. so it gets really hot and humid from late march all the way to october/november. thank you for any tips and may you have a successful gardening season! happy planting!
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Answer by Babyfilly
Depending what types of vegetables you want to grow. Plants such as tomatoes, squash, and many more plants that produce seeds are considered fruit since they create seeds inside a ripen ovary. But if you dont mind planting these then beans grow great and also sugarcane. I know sugarcane isnt a vegetable but it is really cool to grow and you can eat it and make fruniture from it! Pineapples would work also even though they are fruit. Onions would also do good especially green onions or chives. There are manyt many types of vegetables that you could grow you just have to look
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You should be able to grow sweet corn, lima and green beans, okra, all of the southern peas, honeydew melons and cantaloupe, watermelons, sweet potatoes and yams, most of the sweet and hot peppers, short day onions and peanuts. I probably forgot some but that will get you started.
Tomatoes can be grown if you will provide a little bit of shade during the peak of the afternoon heat. You can even just prop cardboard up to keep the direct sun off them. Happy planting to you as well.
In general anything that produces fruit likes hot weather. Vegetables eaten for green leaves like cool weather. Here are a few quick tips on determining what you should plant for a spring/summer garden:
1. Decide what you want to eat.
2. Figure out what it takes to grow it.
3. Work with the climates and microclimates of your area.
4. Swiss Chard is great in both cool and warm weather, a green leafy plant used in salads, or it can be stir-fried.
5. Salad gardens are cool weather oriented, easy to grow, taste great, but they just don’t have much energy (calories).
6. Corn, beans and squash like hot weather and are often planted as staple foods. This combination has feed the new world since before Columbus got off the boat! It’ll give you a balance of calories, vitamins and minerals.
7. The most important thing is to plant something, grow it, watch what happens, and take notes of your successes and failures.
8. Make changes as necessary.
Organic gardening is really a fun! And it is an art by itself. From planning to designing, from understanding your soil to improving it, from choosing your plants to planting them, from tending your garden to harvesting your crops. I learnt all these from the organic vegetable gardening guide, if you are looking for a guide that will teach you all these, then this is the perfect guide.