Heat Tolerant Varieties for Your Garden Posted on 8 Jun 16:26 , 4 comments

For some of our customers it has been a very wet year. For some it has been VERY hot and others very dry. It's getting hot here so we thought it would be good to share heat tolerant crops.

We have a few older posts on our blog about heat tolerant crops but we thought it might be nice to offer an update.

OKRA is a heat-loving favorite!

PEPPERS love heat!

Amaranth thrives on heat. Some varieties of Amaranth can be traced to the 1700s

Squash & Pumpkin are heat tolerant and easy to grow.

Heirloom Corn is a Summer favorite that's also heat tolerant.

Heirloom Tomatoes! Some varieties such as Matt's Wild Cherry, Floradade, and Homestead are more heat tolerant than others

CUCUMBER

Mexican Sour Gherkin, also called Cucamelon, is a fun addition to the garden!

BEANS

Malabar Spinach

Edible leaves grown from Malabar Spinach seeds can be used throughout summer and will flourish in heat and humidity. Young leaves of this herb plant can be cooked and added to recipes and fresh leaves make a great salad. Climbing to 10 feet or more, Malabar Spinach is a lovely vine for trellises and arbors. It is also commonly referred to as Climbing Spinach Vine, Red Vine Spinach or Creeping Spinach. The Malabar Spinach herb is one of the very few garden herbs that is a vining plant.

EGGPLANT

LUFFA

WATERMELON

Watermelon plants love the heat, and need a long and warm growing season of at least 70 to 85 days, depending on the variety, to produce sweet fruit

If you have specific garden or seed related questions, please contact us via email at MARY@MARYSHEIRLOOMSEEDS.COM

Happy Planting!

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Comments

Roy on 21 Jul 11:32

Love your articles and the information

Leah Aquino on 17 Jun 05:26

We are located in Hawaii, in a very sunny and dry place. We rely on our irrigation. This is a helpful post for our garden.

And, because Iʻm interested in winning the Happy YT June Giveaway, my favorite bee friendly plant is the Black-Eyed Susan.

Thank you for offering such a great selection Mary. Congratulations on the growth of your business!

Happy Gardening All!!!!

Lowell Bryan on 16 Jun 13:27

Great info. Nice tips.

Foster on 10 Jun 14:27

Great stuff

First time growing turnips

These were fast to mature and really tasty. I am new to gardening and didn’t thin my seedlings well enough so many of them did not produce much of a root but that’s okay because we definitely got to use the greens! Photos are of the turnips from the garden to my kitchen and the dish we made with them. Some turnips in the photo are not the purple top variety but overall I think the purple top got larger than the others I planted.

First time growing Mustard greens

This was the first time I have grown greens of any kind and it was a success! The plants are beautiful with the purple veins. I over crowded my raised bed with these accidentally but they still did really well. I started seeds indoors and had a hard time germinating (due to my own fault being new to seed starting) but still planted what I had outside when the time came. I was surprised when I saw the seeds that didn’t germinate indoors started coming up shortly after being outdoors. That’s how I ended up overcrowding my raised bed but on the plus side I now have a ton of healthy great tasting food in my backyard. Photos are of the greens from my garden to my kitchen.

Beautiful addition to any garden!

This is my favorite plant in my garden right now. I started my seeds last winter (2022) and planted in spring 2023. My mullein survived the insane high temperatures over summer and was a refreshing pop of green all winter. I am eagerly awaiting the flower!

Im like a kid at Christmas

These are so much fun. They sell out fast and I try to get at least 1 every year. Last year I was lucky enough to grab 2. I love trying new things and these are a mixture of flower, herbs, and vegetable. One of my favorite carrots came from here. It’s one of three that I grow every year because it’s fun!

Wow at results so far…..

When I bought these I had the intention of testing Mary’s seed Garlic with the sprouting store bought garlic from my fridge. I will be doing another review later after I harvest and I’ll post a picture then. So planted these in raised beds. Both in full sun and planted in different beds. I did the exact same thing to both. My store bought sprouted garlic all died. My Mary’s is still alive and forming it’s bulbs. This was just too good not share!

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Heat Tolerant Varieties for Your Garden Posted on 8 Jun 16:26 , 4 comments