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Mitchell Johnson wrote:The dog days of summer are upon us, and as surely as the sun bakes bare ground, half the garden will surrender to the heat and wither.  While that's expected of cold weather crops like lettuce and broccoli, many varieties of tomato, pepper, and other normal garden plants also fail as the temperature climbs.  When reading the back of the seed packets, it isn't always clear which varieties are actually adapted to the sticky hot American South, the arid Southwest, etc.  I'd like to hear about your experiences growing in a hot and/or humid climate and what plants do well (or horribly) for you.  I'll give some examples to start:

Tomato: Purple Cherokee - gloriously productive if the temp stays between about 70-85F, but goes dormant or dies above that
              Roma - sad, only produces until the weather is in the 80's then dies
              Cherry (hybrids) - I bought a few packs of assorted cherry tomato seeds a few years ago and try to cross pollinate them.  I now get constant production from about a third of my starts while the other 2/3 die by 90F
Okra (Hill Country Red) - consistent, productive, and resilient.  I usually get one harvestable pod per plant every other day
Amaranth (Hopi Red) - almost becomes a weed with how quickly it grows and how many seeds it produces.  Provides a pretty purple color on the green and brown garden background
True Indigo - one of my favorite shrub layer plants.  Produces countless blossoms (bees love it) and is a N-fixer.  I trim the limbs regularly to use as compost/mulch
Vitex - lavender-like scent and crazy drought tolerance.  Blooms are gorgeous and attract pollinators all day long

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[quote=Mitchell Johnson]The dog days of summer are upon us, and as surely as the sun bakes bare ground, half the garden will surrender to the heat and wither.  While that's expected of cold weather crops like lettuce and broccoli, many varieties of tomato, pepper, and other normal garden plants also fail as the temperature climbs.  When reading the back of the seed packets, it isn't always clear which varieties are actually adapted to the sticky hot American South, the arid Southwest, etc.  I'd like to hear about your experiences growing in a hot and/or humid climate and what plants do well (or horribly) for you.  I'll give some examples to start:

Tomato: Purple Cherokee - gloriously productive if the temp stays between about 70-85F, but goes dormant or dies above that
              Roma - sad, only produces until the weather is in the 80's then dies
              Cherry (hybrids) - I bought a few packs of assorted cherry tomato seeds a few years ago and try to cross pollinate them.  I now get constant production from about a third of my starts while the other 2/3 die by 90F
Okra (Hill Country Red) - consistent, productive, and resilient.  I usually get one harvestable pod per plant every other day
Amaranth (Hopi Red) - almost becomes a weed with how quickly it grows and how many seeds it produces.  Provides a pretty purple color on the green and brown garden background
True Indigo - one of my favorite shrub layer plants.  Produces countless blossoms (bees love it) and is a N-fixer.  I trim the limbs regularly to use as compost/mulch
Vitex - lavender-like scent and crazy drought tolerance.  Blooms are gorgeous and attract pollinators all day long




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This weekend looks like a storm coming through (gusts between 60 - 70mph on Sunday) - not too bad for here - I'll just check that the buckets and bins are not left lying around. I classify that as 'quite windy'

I like windy.com for the colours! This is Saturday morning illustrating the windy west of the UK. Sometimes, if you look at the overnight temperatures, in the winter you see a clear outline of Britain's coast in a different colour - the power of the (warm) sea!

What forecasters do you use? or do you just like a surprise!

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