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The heat index has been over 110F here in Texas. Obviously it gets hot in summer, but this is a bit earlier than usual.

Leave a comment if you know of any heat tolerant vegetables and cover crops that still grow and produce during excessive heat.

Vegetables:

  1. Okra (Crimson Spineless and Heavy Hitter)
  2. Eggplant
  3. Pepper
  4. Lettuce of unknown variety under a shade cloth.
  5. Tomatillo
  6. Watermelon (Black Diamond)
  7. Butternut Squash
  8. Recently planted Saturn Peach tree is doing ok if I water every other day.

Cover crops:

Sorghum-Sudangrass (I'm using this to cover the ground, produce biomass and to assist with compaction).

Miscellaneous notes:

Lettuce under shade cloth is somehow growing, I figured it would have died by now.

My tomatoes are producing albiet slower than before.

Cucumber seems to have stopped growing.

Jardelle Pumpkin transplants are doing ok with afternoon shade.

2nd planting of Corn tasselled way too early.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Malabar spinach Cowpeas/asparagus beans Sweet potatoes

For tomatoes, stick to hybrid cherry types for best performance. Mid/large size ones will start dropping flowers when the lows get above 80F or so.