Best Heat-Tolerant Greens | Seeds for Hot Gardeners!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ค. 2024
- In the high summer months, many greens can get leggy, parched, wilty - or worse. But summer salad lovers have many good choices for greens that hold up to the heat. Shannie shares some of her favorites - and tells you why they're great for summer growing!
1. Malabar Spinach
2. Komatsuna
3. Purslane
4. Sweet Potato Greens
5. Swiss Chard-Perpetual Spinach
6. Calaloo
7. Roselle
8. Yedikule
9. Crisp Mint Lettuce
10. Orach
11. Chinese Red Leaf Spinach
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Bronze beauty lettuce and Mint lettuce did the best during hot Texas summer.
I live in Zone 10 and am one of your customers already. I am very grateful that you took the time to create this valuable video and THANK YOU!
A couple of other choices to consider:
1) Pepper leaves. They're edible. They cook up into a nice green that adds flavor to soups and rice dishes.
2) Perilla or wild sesame as it is often called. We eat together with lettuce as a wrap for rice dishes, or simply cook it up as a green. Rabbits don't like it, so we plant it along the fence row and save valuable garden space for other things.
Not all pepper leaves are edible. Some types are more toxic than others. Eating non-conventional greens is pretty risky since they often aren't studied as much.
@@fearlessarchangel Ours are. Bells and Korean mild. Really tasty. Nonconventional just because nobody talk about it.
heat tolerant greens are so important to have in any garden. Thanks for taking the time to share with us BC.
A variety pack with theses included would be on My shopping list.
its not going to happen ever. complete loss of money they could make. i can sell u one seed variety for 3 4 bucks. make u buy every kind you want. or sell you 10 varieties even for 8 dollars for the same amount of seeds as the 4 dollar pack its not a viable business option. if you want a variety of seeds search ebay. i found 44 flowers in one mix. 25 organic fruits and vegetables. plus a few other mixes of mega varieties. one video a person commented it would cost $90 to get the 10 kinds in another video.
What a beautiful and intelligent young lady!! Someone is going to be or is a very, very lucky young man/lady, and I truly hope they realize how lucky they will be to have a beautiful young lady as Shannie is!
Thank you for the wonderful videos Shannie
Don Pfeiffer man/lady -LOL
Goodtimes whatever, it would still be better than being a miserable demonrat like you if that were a true statement and it just shows once again how misinformed you all are. It really must suck to have such a miserable 😩 life that you get off sitting behind your keyboard insulting someone that has put their energy into helping others.
Oh well, you can’t fix stupid!!!!
Don Pfeiffer maybe your misinformed about how it’s conservatives who hold the line on tradition and your comment shows you are the demon rat with the
Don Pfeiffer - you comment “man / lady” shows that you are leaning left not me. - she’s tom boy for sure but keep your fantasies to yourself.
Now, now, kids!
I’m growing Thai roselle in my garden now. My family cooks callaloo all the time. It’s a staple green in Jamaica
Yes! Crisp Mint, Red Oak leaf and Komatsuna covered with a shade cloth and watered every morning makes for the very best raised bed of summer greens ❤
Squash leaves and pole bean leaves are good too. Squash leaves can be a little bit prickly, so maybe steam them down a little. I also eat the male squash flowers before they open and let bugs in... okra flowers and leaves too.
I'd like to add my favorite. Here along the upper texas coast this time of the year temps are often around 100 degrees and my left over winter collard greens are several feet tall. With a little staking they will continue to produce nice large leaves throughout the summer. New zealand spinach will also handle most of the summer heat producing a constant bounty of leaves for cooking. Better to not eat them raw in salads. Believe it or not mature kale will also tolerate a great deal of heat if the plants are mature so I try not to pull up the greens that will produce on into the hot weather.
We ordered the Chinese Red Leaf Spinach from you in the early spring and had great success with it in our salad greens, raised bed. It went to seed early summer. I thought I would probably plant another round in the fall. Well, I do not have to wait until fall. Our salad green bed is now full of the Chinese Spinach, volunteers from the seeds dropped. I was surprised that they seem to thrive in the heat of North central Florida. They taste great in stir-fry
They Are not chimes it's Malabar spinach.
@@classymom9047@ different plants. Watch video again.
Good to know! Going to order some right now. 🙂
I love purslane. I don't often eat it but I like it's form and the fact that it helps cover / mulch the rows. I have never had problems with it competing with crop plants. If it has to be removed it is easy to pull or hoe however I often work around it just because I like the plant. I'm going to have some today with my fresh cukes, sweet onions and tomatoes as a salad.
Best spinach in heat- New Zealand spinach.
Best lettuce/ Jericho, hasn’t bolted for me yet and we’ve been in the high 90’s here in Midwest. It’s been bred for desert heat and thrives in our hot summers- grows tall (24")
I have a great idea for you. Can you provide these ver seeds in a bundle? One seed packet of each together. I love to try all of them and send some to Africa too.
we will pass the suggestion on! :)
I wonder if they ever got to making a bundle
Same.
@@RareSeedsBCwhy did you discontinue Roselle? I really wanted to buy it this year and last year.
Please make more videos Shannie!
You guys are the best. Miss you guys at the harvest heirloom festival in Sonoma county
Thank you Shannie I have grown malabar for years works great in Florida😀🎆
I bought your Malabar spinach and Long Beans .... NON STOP growing in 100+ temps !!
I'm absolutely loving these informative videos Shannie! I watch and mark the ones I like that I wasn't aware of, or knew enough about. I just love these videos!! Thank you Shannie!
Isnt it wonderful
I love Callaloo, Jamaicans love this! I also love Swiss chard. Very helpful video for us to do a checkup to make sure we are eating greens in this summer heat.
We blanched the sweet potato leaves and make a salad out of it.
Malabar spinach
Komatsuna
Purslane
Sweet Potato Green
Swiss Chard
Calaloo Amaranth
Roselle
Yedikule lettuce
Crisp Mint lettuce
Orach
Chinese Red Leaf Spinach(amaranth)
I would add corn and beans to this list, definitely.
Drought tolerant varieties exist, videos available on TH-cam
Heidi Misfeldt definitely great crops to grow in the heat. The video is specifically about greens though so I guess that’s why it wasn’t covered.
Thank you!
Thank you! Definitely there most valuable comment here. I took a screenshot, otherwise I'll forget half of them before I get my list made.
Thanks for a great list. Two of my favorites that you might want to add to your list are Lamb's Quarters and Stinging Nettle.
I love stinging nettles aged cheese
I'd love that. I haven't seen any lamps quarters in Florida and miss them a lot.
Fantastic video. You guys are really getting good at answering these questions we are asking at the time we are asking them :)
You are the best no competition
I love this! I can't wait to try orach. Love your videos. I was so grateful to be able to visit Baker Creek this summer while on vacation in the Ozarks. We had a delicious meal of pad thai at the restaurant and a really relaxing visit to the gardens. I'd love to have your job Shannie! Cheers from KCMO!
I love malabar spinach and tbh never thought of making it an ornamental
Great video Shannie! I thought, “well I’ll watch this even though I already know what she’s going to say.” WRONG!!! I learned so much, thanks!
Love all the info on this channel. Thanks
This is so useful for us in Zone 9 😄
So happy I found you. Im in Zone 6b.
Off to your store!!! Thank you love you guys💚🌱
Thanks for the video!!
I'm definitely going to order the komatuda green. That looks delicious!
Perfect! Thank you from Phoenix, Arizona!!! :)
I love these videos . . . Especially this one and your tea tasting video! Thanks for making them and keep them coming!
My rosella is huge...taller than me. And I munch on the greens every time I’m out in the garden along with Malibar spinach. I had a harvest of calyx early on but hope to get another big harvest this fall.
About what temperature range do you plant your rosella and does it take a long time to germinate?
Mr JONES I started it in my little green house in the end of February. I kept the temps above 50 degrees in there at night and it would get pretty warm during the days because I’m in the south east zone 8b. Didn’t take much more than a week to germinate. Last year I grew them in pots and they didn’t get nearly as big as they have this year in the ground. I put tomato cages around them for support. You can check them out on my channel...it’s just something I do to keep track of what’s going on in my garden but I’m no professional you tuber lol
@@charitysmith5245 thank you. I really like your arches.
I live watching your videos. The plants look so healthy, bursting with life ❤️❤️
Thanks for the info. Glad your channel was recommended to me.
The young sweet potato greens are the best!
Great series. I am loving the ideas and information on what to plant right now!
I have been enjoying my callaloo and it sure takes me back to the Caribbean. I do miss the Roselle and had no idea the leaves were edible. Great informative video.
You can drink it hot as a tea or cold.
For sure. In Jamaica, traditionally we use the calyx to make a drink at christmas. We call it sorrel wine. I think these days it's consumed throughout the year. I have never tried it hot, so look forward to enjoying some.
I grow my sweet potatoes on trellis because I love the greens; they stay clean up on the trellis and I harvest often all throughout the summer. A not of caution to those who haven't grown sweet potatoes before, the milky sap in the vine and leaf stem is really sticky and hard to get off your hands. You can eat the leaf raw, I use the leaf, stem of leaf, and tips of vine but the more fibrous portion of the vine goes into my compost pile. The leaves are delicious raw as a substitute for lettuce on a sandwich. I also stir fry the leaf stems, leaves, and tender vine tips with garlic and sometimes a bit of fresh ginger root grated. I like to use sesame oil and I use a dash of the fermented soysauce just as I turn off the wok and put on a lid to let it sit. I like to make noodles to go with these cooked greens and toss together. It is heavenly delicious! I also salt brine the leaves in quart jars of filtered water with a couple tbsp kosher salt for my brine. I keep them in a cooler for up to a week to add to soups and stir-fries. I especially like the leaves from my Asian sweet potato plants, for some reason they seem much more prolific and tasty than any other sweet potato variety that I grow.
ALSO a note as of 7-1-22 your website search for Roselle states you do not carry any Roselle seeds. What's up with that? I had to buy from another company earlier this year because I couldn't find any on your website.
Sorry we are unable to offer any roselle this year.
This is one of my favorite videos... I love greens
Growing sweet potatoes 🍠 greens love them zone 8 here
Thanks for the recommendations. Enjoy and learn from your videos.
i love this video. thanks shannie, i refer to it often.
Shannie, Your Videos are FANTASTIC so informative I really needed this one and I love your tea one as well Can you do a pollinator flowers that are edible too for each season?
Agreed
I can’t love this enough!!!
I just love this channel
Exactly what I was looking for! Thank you.
I really love your videos. Great information and everything looks so appealing. 😎👍
The rosella calyx..tear up and blend. The residue can be made into a nice jam and the liquid a nice juice....
Love these great ideas!!
Wonderful options that look very inviting thank you for sharing!
We grew orach for the first time this year, and I just ordered more orach seeds from Baker Creek. We LOVE it! It's 116 today in the PNW (yes, we're dying...) and the orach is an absolute champion. Verrry mild flavor and super soft, smooth texture--not tough like kale is. I especially love the red orach because it doesn't turn my fruit smoothies brown like spinach does lol!
Hi Heather, just saw this Rare Seeds post and your comment. We are in the PNW, Willamette Valley, and also were 116 today. Thank you for posting about Orach. We will have to try it.
We got the multi color mix when we planted in April, but I just ordered the red this week because it's so striking and i like adding it to berry smoothies. We had germination issues with our first an second plantings, and i don't know if it was me or the orach. Lol! Good luck! And enjoy the cooler weather this week!! After 116 F, the 80s feels like "sweater weather" 🤣🤣🤣
I really love these videos.
Love this video, it is really great and helpful, I do have some of the mentioned ones, but not all, there are some I would like to try, this is just the ticket to know what ones! Awesome thatnk you for sharring.
I LOVE my Roselle. I dry the calyxes and stuff them in a jar. Come summer, (they fruit in Oct/Nov here in FL) I can add 1/2 cup of the crushed calyxes to 4 cups of cold water, let it sit for 15 minutes, drain, add 4 cups cold water and 1 cup sugar = Instant Cool=Aid that is filled with Vitamin C - more than orange juice! I planted 9 seeds in July and got a two year supply by late fall. The most giving plant ever - beautiful in arrangements, beautiful in my yard with those BIG flowers and green green leaves, salad greens, fruit, and vitamins, easy to store, easy to make juice, a true gift and blessing. QUESTION: How do you preserve the greens that contain mucilage? Do I freeze them like regular spinach, is it possible to can them? or is drying possible?
Freezing should work great. You can dehydrate malabar spinach which contains quite a bit of mucilage, so I'd think you could dry the roselle as well. Not sure about canning them.
Roselle! In my country we call the Jamaica and use it to make Jamaica water. It's deliciously and very healthy.
I subbed a few days ago love your videos . U are well spoken and easy on the eyes .
Ive ordered from them for yrs but didnt know they had a channel
Beautiful tan, great excitement, and LOVE your island skirt! Nice strong voice as usual! Lovely setting w/ the waterfall! You go girl:-) "Nutritious green Vitamins A & C" excellent feature! Beautiful showing the beautiful form of the plant! Excellent presentation! Sounds like we're missing out by not having it! I've never heard of Komasuma. I use Mighty mustard and it is a great forage for the honey bee. Yeah! Purslane indicates there's a lot of phosphorus in your soil. Excellent feature "super food". I'm gonna go try some I have growing. I've been tempted as I weed my carrot but didn't:-) Nice change of settings! This keeps your presentation interesting! The dark brown shirt shows your highlights SO beautifully! Beautiful "natural" clean nails! I used to be a manicurist as well as a hs teacher as well as a nurse:-) Now I'm a retired gardener:-) I loved growing Sweet Potatoes in Arlington, TX. I LOVE the chartreuse green leaves. This color makes the garden look so alive! The Swiss just call it "Chard" according to "The Swiss Plot" TH-camr. I love growing this. I check on mine EVERY day:-) I love the red veins. It volunteered last year. It is very versatile for growers and thank you for pointing that out! Wonderful handling of the seed packages! Your holding them up like they are a Queen!!! Pat Battle of "Living Web Farms" speaks HIGHLY of CALALOO! I like the looks of the red tip. I like the change of music at 7:04! You've got a great back up team and it shows! The man walking in the background at 7:20 brings us back to the "Rareseeds image". This was carefully and artistry done! Overalls is what we associate with Baker Creek and you team let someone else wear the overalls! This was VERY CREATIVELY DONE! YOU'VE GOT A GREAT BACKUP TEAM/CHOREOGRAPHER! I'm the "stubborn" gardener:-) I'm up for the challenge. I drilled a hole into a (64) oz Ocean Spray bottle and I've got it on a s.l.o.w. drip. I used slow drip in hot Texas and my plants never suffered. I am eager to get great tasting lettuce. I'm still tryin':-) Those are (2) lettuces I did not notice, hmm. You've introduced so many nice, new, and interesting plants to us!!! Real David is right we're looking forward to your fall planting episode bc we gardeners need to stay ahead, but YOU'VE DONE MARVELOUS!!!:-) KEEP UP THE EXCELLENT WORK:-) I LOVE HOW THE CORN AND SUNFLOWERS IN THE BACKGROUND ARE BEING SILENTLY SOLD! They're icons ppl know what they are and they don't NEED to be talked about in this session. I love how the "technique" of growing with tarps is being shown in the background around 11:21. Your video is completed with you among beautiful HIBISCUS!!! The Pink coloring is PERFECT!!!
Thank you Portia! I love making these videos, I never knew that about purslane! Thanks for that info!
@@RareSeedsBC Keep reachin for the top! Go to Watters Gardens and see what that lady done done, smh.
GREAT video, as usual! A romaine lettuce that's been super heat tolerant for me is Forellenschluss Lettuce. We've had a series of days with temps above 90 F - two 'series' lasting more then five days in a row, one with four days of 98-105 F. We are currently in a 90-94 F cycle and the original Forellenschluss Lettuce I planted in early March has finally decided to bolt. The planter I have Forellenschluss Lettuce in is in direct day-long Sun with no shade cloth. I'm IMPRESSED - I've never had a romaine-type last this long in normal summer heat. Our August weather started the third week of June - FUGHLY, indeed!
We grew about 26 Parris Isl. Cos this season and had all bolted! Kept on harvesting the outer leaves till the plants got about 2 feet high. Harvested 2 or 3 whole plants at a time and cooked the leaves in a cast iron skillet until just wilted and froze them. They are delicious with any cooked bean. Just add some butter, salt and pepper. We also cooked the inner stalk and froze those too. Every part of the plant got used except the roots which were left in the ground and the worms will enjoy those!
I' ve also had good luck with Oak Leaf for the summer. As long as I plant it in time my plants did very well in the heat. The picture does not do the plant justice. Mine looked almost to good to eat.
I di not know the Roselle leaves where edible! I’m so excited to try them!
I would add tree collards to this list, molokhia/saluyot/jute and ong choy/kangkong.
I didn't know you guys had videos! I love baker creek seeds! So glad I found this video! Just bought some Galilee spinach to try growing in the heat. :)
I know, same for me, I didn't know they had a channel! Its great!
It is challenging to grow a garden in the heat - I will try the Komatsuma Mustard and the Crisp Mint Lettuce. I tried the Chinese Spinach-Amaranth from you and I am blown away by how pretty the pants are and tasty too. Thx for the info!:)
And a fellow Missourian too, very cool.
Awe! Come on spring!!
i scrolled thru comments and found your name Shannie .. hi, you look great, have a pleasant personality and are very informative ... nice to have found your channel, i found this heat tolerant gardening ideas .. its south texas here 😳 hot !! - - rr AND YESSSS , i love greens 😁👌
Corndog bags on the ears of corn!!! I don’t know what the purpose is, but it’s brilliant!
Maybe to avoid cross pollination.
excellent nfo, thanks so much!! just what i needed down here in the deep south :-)
Somehow or other you make everything sound like it's tasting really delicious!
Have you ever eaten the callaloo?
@@MsViva710
I have and I truly love callalou.
Cannot be eaten raw.
Saute onions, add the washed leaves, let steam. Only takes a short time, turn off, and let stand a few more minutes. Enjoy over white rice.
@@heidimisfeldt5685 i thank you for the tip. I've already eaten it raw tho. But I prefer it cooked.
@@heidimisfeldt5685 I cook it with onion,garlic and a little thyme. Steamed with butter. Oh it's good!
I've got komatsuna in my garden for the first time this year - they're just babies now, but I really look forward to seeing them mature! (so I can eat them! lol)
in lao cuisine: #11, stir fry this with pork is so good over rice. also, make pork bone soup and cook these leaves. #7, cook leaves and flowers/ bulbs (peel off the seed) with chicken soup or fish soup... so good!
Delightfully Informative. Information not easily accessible elsewhere. One needs to know WHAT to grow!
Wow! We have a few in israel. Its great getting more info on seeds! And that wild perslane is here too!
Hehe, 'yedikule'! Great choice!
Komatsuna is also quite cold tolerant for me in 6b NW Indiana. I’ve started more for this season and really enjoy its’ flavor as a cooked green.
This was great!
Have a blessed day
My perpetual spinach was doing great here in the summer, and it's still looking good now, here in southern Ontario zone 6, after experiencing a couple ground frosts, several light snowfalls, and almost daily frost for the past month. (they weren't from Baker Creek but a local retailer, but it's worth trying wherever you can get them from imo)
Wow I love the fig.
Malabar spinach easily regrows from seeds. The ‘berries’ are seeds when dried, grow them over and over.
Worth watching! I think I’ll grow Chinese Red Leaf Amaranth in the future as an edible ornamental. Thanks!🍃
Great info here.
Really helpful!
This is great info! I was bummed that I couldn't buy seeds from your shop and thought it was late for me to plant leafy greens in Austin, TX... I already grow callaloo having island blood in me, but I never thought about growing Roselle. I can't wait to make my own sorrel drink! I'm picking up some asian greens to try as well. Thanks!
Be careful with sorrel. The scientist who discovered oxalic acid that is very high in sorrel died of oxalic acid poisoning from sorrel soup. Eat something high in calcium to neutralize the oxalic acid.
I love common purslane! I was pulling it out of the garden by bushels until I read about this "weed" online at U of Wisconsin. The have excellent information about this valuable Omega 3 source. I especially love it in frittatas with other veggies!
Oh I'll check that out, I did just read about its Omega 3s
It's wild in my yard even with the yard
Being mown
I need to read and then try it out
Great videos, Thank you
Amen
Awesome video
thank you!!!!
great video!!
Something like mustard Greens 🥬/ spinach love greens 🥬 love swiss Chard
Thank you. Any chance for closeups of the plants at various stages next time? I like to be able to identify them.
Yes ,please do some closups of what the leaves and whole plants look like
I love the info u give us on the veggies, I’ve not has the others, but have had Malabar spinach, green stem, not red, not only did I love the flavor and texture of it, the vines grew 10’ beautiful! How can I get a seed catalog???? Thank u
I'm trying Malabar and Orach this year.
Some other heat-loving greens that weren't included in this video: #1 Longevity spinach, #2 Moringa, #3 Brazillian spinach(sisso), #4 Chaya, #5 Bidens alba
Great video! I'll add that another heat tolerant green I've come across is papalo, marketed as a summer cilantro. I thought it had the most abhorrent flavor I've ever experienced. Kind of like burnt rubber.
I love the flavor of malabar spinach (the texture is slimy but can be excellent) and purslane. Also sweet potato greens in a surprisingly delicious treat in the hottest part of summer here in Texas.
On another note, at 7:03 the guy walking down the path looks like a poorly animated video game character lol.
thanks for this vid
Awesome. Didn't hear the term earthy
1) 0:51 Malabar Spinach; 2) 2:10 Komatsuna; 3) 2:59 Purslane; 4) 4:35 Sweet Potato Greens; 5) 5:23 Swiss Chard; 6) 6:07 Calaloo; 7) 6:56 Roselle; 8) 8:05 Yedikule; 9) 8:05 Crisp Mint Lettuce; 10) 9:07 Orach; 11) 9:35 Chinese Red Leaf Spinach
Thanks❤