EXTREME HEAT Gardening ~ 7 Ways to Keep Your Garden Happy in High Temps!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- Temps hit 107F (41.5C!) yesterday (predicted to be 118F this weekend!), but my garden is happy and growing! I've learned a lot over the last ten years of EXTREME HEAT gardening in my desert-like, northern California, Zone 9B climate. So if you want ideas to help your garden survive and THRIVE in the summer onslaught of intense heat, come see what's helped me here!
Hi, I'm Kim, and this is Olive City Oasis.
I like to emphasize easy gardening anyone can do - even brand-new beginners! I share my fruit trees, my veggie and herb gardens, perennial flowers, garden-to-table recipes, and simple living garden ideas. As a senior, solo, frugal gardener, I keep things down-to-earth, casual, and encouraging. I also like to talk about self-care through gardening because I believe experiencing nature is extremely important to our physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
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Here are the lists of Heat-Loving Plants I promised you at the end of the video. These are plants I have grown for several years at least, and they really do love the heat. (Scroll down under the lists to find links to three other videos of mine that I think you'll enjoy!)
Heat-Loving Veggies
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Hot Peppers
Okra
Eggplant
Squash & Pumpkin
Corn
Armenian Cucumber
Onions
Longevity Spinach
Malabar Spinach
Amaranth
Purple Tree Kale
Sweet Potatoes
Heat-Loving Herbs
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Oregano
Lemon Verbena
Rosemary
Thyme
Heat-Loving Fruits
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Watermelon (& other melons)
Cherry Tomatoes
Tomatillos
Ground Cherries
Grapes
Roselle Hibiscus
Fruit Trees!
Heat-Loving Flowers
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Sunflowers
Zinnias
Lantana
Gazanias
Snapdragons
Geranium
Roses & Dahlias
Dianthus
Salvia
Verbena
Scabiosa (Pincushion flowers!)
Gladioli
Erysimum
*Bonus: Gaura
Plants that Like Heat but Need a Little Extra Attention (more water or shade, for instance...)
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Sweet Peppers
Bush Beans
Runner Beans
Regular Cucumbers
Regular Tomatoes
Petunias
Basil & Sage
Lemon Balm
Lemon Grass
1/2 Day Shade
Hydrangeas
Turmeric
Ginger
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Here are three other videos I think you might enjoy:
~~Recycle & Reuse! Create Healthy Soil FREE! Rejuvenate Dead Soil!~~ • Recycle & Reuse! Creat...
Building great soil is super easy - and so beneficial for your plants! You can create enriched soil for FREE by recycling things you already have in your garden and avoid the need to constantly buy new soil. This video will show you how simple and quick the process is - AND give you ideas for several things you can reuse to start making free soil NOW!
~~Come See My FRUIT TREES! ~ Plant Your Own FRUIT ORCHARD!~~ • Come See My Fruit Tree...
Does the thought of stepping outside to harvest delicious, healthy fruit from your own trees sound intriguing? Because YOU CAN DO IT! Why not start this year?!?! You'll be enjoying your favorite fruits sooner than you think. Come take a look at a few of the beautiful trees I'm growing!
~~Working in the HERB GARDEN -- The Wonders of BORAGE!~~
• Working in the HERB GA...
BORAGE is amazing! It's a medicinal herb with numerous health benefits that's also great for the garden. Borage makes wonderful fertilizer and compost, gradually improving your soil and feeding your vegetables and flowers, and it also adds a delicious cucumber-like flavor to salads and smoothies. Plus, it self-sows like crazy and is super easy to grow!
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Thanks for joining me today. I'm so glad you're here!
Until Next Time, Happy Growing!
Kim
Oh my God this is the best video ever you have helped me so much thank you thank you thank you. And you said the most beautiful line you said you wanted to see us succeed.
You are so welcome, Gina! I really do hope something I said gives you and others ideas that will help you grow the gardens you want - and the confidence to know you can! Because if I can, anyone can! 😎
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Kim you hit on so many great ideas to help in the heat. I'll add a couple more that iuse. Next to most of my plants I add a soda bottle full of holes. I bury the bottle and while I'm watering I fill the bottle it leaches out pretty fast but at least I know the roots of that plant got water. Second with my grow bags I group them together in a plastic kids pool. I can add a few inches of water to the pool and it keeps the grow bags from drying out so fast. We made it through the hot days back in the 90's which feels cool by comparison. Hope your son is feeling better.
Hi, Karen! 🙋♀️ Happy you enjoyed the video, and thank you *so* much for adding your ideas! The soda bottles are similar to ollas in providing an extra water reservoir. You're right that they don't last as long, but they'd still help! Other advantages of ollas are that their clay surface is porous so plant roots can hug it and draw water directly through it slowly, and it stays cool. However, plastic water and soda bottles are *FREE* and easily accessible! 😁
Before I had a covered patio, I used 'flood watering' in large trays for seedlings and even a kiddie pool once for small pots, but I totally forgot to mention that here. However, it never *occurred* to me to use a kiddie pool for my ~grow bags~! That would work great! Thanks so much for sharing here for others to see!
I haven't finished a video yet but you just said it Life experience. That's why this platform is so good we get to share our life experience and you help so many people thank you
Thank you, Gina - I'm glad to help however I can! And thanks for the inspiration to do this particular video! 😎 Also, I agree that YT is amazing for all the life experiences and knowledge that's shared here. I enjoy watching so many channels! 😊
It is worse than hot here in Alabama. It is hot and humid with the heat index in the triple digits. I need the exercise, so hand water. The downside is my garden has grown, and spans a full acre, maybe more. Dang orchard was only supposed to be five trees this year, and somehow it has grown to eleven trees, and I am looking at adding two more trees next year (a Lucca Olive Tree?). I am also looking at purchasing a chicken coop and hens. Everything in a ten-gallon grow bag, or smaller pot gets daily watering (twice a day if needed). The raised beds and in-ground garden plants get watered every other day, and my trees every three days until established, except for the injured crabapple tree. It gets watered every other day, for the next six weeks. I do all of my garden work in the early morning hours, and am typically finished by 9:30 a.m.. I don't use a shade cloth. I shade the roots with mulch, and my tomatoes are shaded by a dogwood tree and large maple tree in the hottest part of the after noon. They are in a happy spot, have grown to be monsters, are loaded with fruit, and still flowering, even the determinants.
Hi, Jay! Sorry about all your humidity!
It's crazy how fast and big our gardens and orchards expand, isn't it? 😂😎 Sounds like you have a great watering system in place that works for you. I love hand watering, too, as much as possible - and yes, definitely early in the morning is ideal because it's so cool (relatively speaking anyway!), and I am my most energetic. That's when I do projects as well. 😁 I love watering in the evenings, too, though - very relaxing.
Big Dogwood and Maple trees for afternoon shade are perfect! And gorgeous, too! Well done!
I used to live in Yuba City, California for 17 years and so I am very familiar with the dry heat of a California summer! I miss California so much, which is why I enjoyed your video so much!
Such a small world! Glad to see a fellow Californian here - I think 17yrs qualifies! 😊 I live outside a small town near Chico, so only an hour or so away from Yuba City! 😎 I know whenever I travel out of California, I miss all the mountains!
Great video 🌝🌞☀️👍 At the moment the temperatures are very moderate here. Very pleasant compared to the last three years. We have around 20 - 25 C (68 - 77 F) but summer is still on it's way. Happy gardening to you as well 🌱🍅🌻🥒🍋
Hello, Heidi! 🙋♀️ Thank you - so glad you liked the video even though you don't need it right now. 😎 Your weather sounds amazingly lovely - enjoy!!!! 🌻🌻🌻
Love your video! I am in Portsmouth Va and it gets quite hot and humid here. We also have spontaneous rain that happens frequently.
Wait.... Rain? What is that? 🤔
Hahaha! Kidding, of course. 😁 I vaguely remember the phenomenon of water coming down from the sky...
Seriously though, I'm glad you enjoyed the video - and welcome! 😎 My son lived in WA for a few years, and he loved going hiking there. Beautiful area!
Just realized I totally misread your message, Kimberly! You're in VA (not WA)! I *love* that part of the country. Whenever I took my kids on road trips through the years, we always said if we ever moved back east, that's where we'd go. So much interesting history and so beautiful! 😊
Hi, Kim! OMGoodness, you're going through it! I thought it was hot here. Great tips, thanks for sharing! 💕
Hi, Angela! We have a few days right now that are only in the 90s, but then it's back to 105-110°. Probably won't go above that until July. 😎 Hope everything's growing great in your garden!
107° yuck!
We’ve been in the 90°’s, but with the intense humidity, our heat is quite dangerous. The heat index can reach 115° 🥵
Great video! Stay cool out there my friend 😘
Hi, Nicole! Through the years, I took my kids on many fun cross-country road trips. We all loved them! The only thing they ever complained about was the *horror* of *humidity*! 😂🤣😂
I'd lived in SC and Hong Kong for a few years each, so I knew what to expect back east and down south, but my kids were like, "What *IS* this?!?! 😱 How can people live with this all the time?!?! 😳 How do they breathe?!?!" 😭 (Insert dramatic poses.)
When it gets up to 115°, 118°, even 121° here, it really feels like an oven. Very, very hot. But no humidity. 😁
Haha, loved the thumbnail & that IS seriously hot when the camera has a fit of the conniptions!! (Perhaps a shade cloth canopy..) It regularly hits 44C here in summer - 46C is the highest I've seen personally but often tempered by sea breezes ( which I know you don't get) so the afternoons in Z9B must be brutal! Love the micro climate/natural shade solutions you offered - very clever - acute observational skills & lateral thinking! I'm anticipating some vigorous push back from Big Shade Cloth - a dangerous heretic with extremist views!! I mean, using existing structures & plants (love sunflowers) just ain't natural... :)
That's me, Martin - heretical to the bone, and enjoying every minute of it! 😁😎
That’s a great tip about a schedule. I have not turned my drip on yet this year. I’m finding that purchasing bulbs (spring, summer) are great at growing without using a lot of water (lilies, gladiolus etc).
These are great tips Kim. Great point of leaving leaves on the plant during heatwave.
Another helpful video.
Hi, Renee! 🙋♀️ Glad to hear you liked the video. 😊 I know you don't get as hot there as we do here, but most areas get summer heatwaves, and more and more these days. Also, I think heat can be relative - for people *and* for plants. 😎
Yes, I agree - most bulb flowers, including my Irises, do quite well with a moderate amount of water and seem pretty heat tolerant as well. I *have* noticed Hyacinth seem to want more water than other bulbs, even in lower heat.
Definitely another vote for Gladioli here! Gorgeous, long-lasting flower, and they've done fantastic through the 107°F heat lately, though they seem to welcome daily water at that point. 😊
@@OliveCityOasis thanks Kim. We get the humidity that you don't get. It can be 94 but feel like 120 because of the humidity (like today) 😃
Yes, humidity is a very *different* challenge! Definitely glad I don't need to deal with it on top of extreme heat! 😁 Hey, maybe you should make a video about humidity for people who are trying to garden with it. I've heard it can present a lot of disease issues - and sweat! 😎
@@OliveCityOasis perhaps I will think about it. Thanks.
I think we have the same climate! We have also already experienced temperatures over the 100's. I'm already watering twice a day! Really great tips my dear 👍 😊❤
@@juanisgarden5356 Hi, Juani! Yep, it's been between 100° & 106° all week here. As we both know though, it's just warming up! 😂 July and August are the *really* hot months.
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The same here!! I have to be very alert and not neglect my garden!
@@juanisgarden5356 We can do it!!!
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That's right!!!
Well that's what I like , you just got on the subject of shave cloth and everyone keeps telling me to use it I bought it one year and the sun's so intense here that it actually disintegrated my shade cloth. Maybe it was the company maybe it was badly made I don't know but I also bought privacy fencing that's what you use on a chain link fence and in two years that disintegrated. So I'm trying something I have been planting pigeon peas all around my garden beds so they grow up tall and provide shade for the smaller plants
Yes, I've had the experience of material disintegrating from the constant intense sun, too, Gina. I'm sure there is some high quality (expensive!) shadecloth available, but as I said in the video, I don't like the look and feel it gives to the garden. Plus, I'd rather spend my money on other things (like more fruit and nut trees!☺️)
That's a fantastic idea with the pigeon peas! I actually bought those seeds this year for the first time, but I didn't get around to planting them. 😥 I'll be interested to hear how yours do!
@@OliveCityOasis I got the idea to use the pigeon peas as shade cloth because I've been growing them for about 3 years now. They're very slow it's first and then for some reason they take off and they can grow anywhere between 6:00 and 10 ft I have some that are 12 ft. They only last 3 to 5 years I've had two of them die on me that were the first planted. Some of the first planted from 3 years ago are still going strong. I am outlining my property with them I'm planting them in the corners of each of my beds it's my new experiment only because I noticed how things thrive growing under them. They don't get in the way of other roots because their tap roots and go straight down. I'd love for you to try them and as you do you can make videos about them too
@@intuitivegina Thank you for all this *great* information, Gina! Now I definitely want to try them! I see you like to experiment in your growing as well. It's so much fun, isn't it? And when you can solve a problem as well? Perfect!
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@@OliveCityOasis oh I forgot to mention I hope you get this comment. I have soaked the pigeon peas before planting for a few hours and planted them and I've also planted them without soaking. They come up faster if you soak them for just a few hours
Let me know what "high heat" is in your area! 😊 What plants have you noticed grow super well for you and seem to love even the hottest temps?
I live just north of you. Summer is typically 105-115° My favorite plants that can handle the heat are: Yarrow, Celosia, Pentas, Cana lilies, Echinacea, Zinnias, Liatris, Tithonia, Verbena bonariensis, and Rudbeckia. Vegetables are more tricky. I try to grow the majority of them in my full size swimming pool that was filled in. This provides a better moisture retaining environment. Bless you for making this video!!! Most gardeners struggle to understand our dehydrator like living conditions.
@@GreenGranny Thanks so much for your comment! Yes, crazy high temps and oven-dry heat are quite regular for us here, aren't they? I lived in the Bay area (Dublin/Pleasanton/Fremont) until I was 12, and it had more moderate weather, but then we moved farther into the valley (Stockton area) - much hotter there! Settled in northern California 30yrs ago and learned about *real* heat. 😎
I do hope this information can help people who want to garden but are feeling overwhelmed with the heat wherever they are. Thank you so much for sharing your favorite heat-loving flowers! I grow all of them except Celosía and Pentas, but maybe I'll try those now, too! 😊
Growing in a filled-in pool sounds really interesting. Is it filled in to ground level? (Just trying to picture it... 😁) Thanks again, and I'm so glad you liked the video!
@OliveCityOasis The dirt in the pool is nearly ground level, about 6 inches down, probably because of settling. I add to it yearly. It grows like a jungle. My Amaranth grew 7 feet tall with flower heads the size of footballs last year. It becomes a pond every winter. The frogs adore it, unfortunately the mosquitoes do too.😆
@@GreenGranny Now that sounds amazing! What a fantastic idea! 👏👏👏 You seem to have your own little jungle microclimate! All that water soaking in during the winter months - no wonder it's a great place to grow during the summer. I love Amaranth - mine grow super tall, too, but I can't imagine what yours look like with flowers that big! 😮
Thanks so much for sharing! Really cool idea of what to do with a big pool when it's no longer being used - or you just don't want to clean it or pay for its upkeep any more! 😁