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CHAPTERS
0:34 – Gardening In The South
1:33 – Seed Selection Tips
1:52 – Beans & Summer Squash
2:48 – Tomatoes & Peppers
4:09 – Melons
4:36 – Okra
5:52 – Companion Planting With Flowers
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Hey, welcome. Geoffrey Johnson here, owner/operator of Depend on Planet Earth, also known as DOPE, seed saver extraordinaire, master gardener, Southern gentlemen. Speaking of southern, here I am in beautiful Southeast Georgia to talk about warm, humid climates and the plants that I grow for my extremely long summers. So, stick around,
We will have a few laughs, few jokes, maybe you will learn some things. I live in coastal Georgia where it gets very hot as I have said for a long period of time and it is extremely humid. So, because of that, sometimes we might get a lot of rain, pop up thunderstorms,
Or we can go weeks without any rain at all. So, it is more advantageous for us to grow plants that will thrive in our type of weather. While the heat can be challenging at times, it allows for a longer growing season. This means you get an opportunity to get your hands in the
Dirt for a much longer period of time than people in cooler climates. Plus, you get the opportunity to experiment with different crops and several varieties. Warmer climates also experience less frost, allowing you to grow certain plants almost year ’round. The satisfaction of growing your own
Food is incrediby amazing and there is something rewarding about stepping into your backyard and harvesting a basket full of your own, home grown produce. Especially okra because I love okra. On the flip side, the humidity and this high heat, brutal. When you’re selecting your seeds,
And I really hope you are using seeds like I am, or seedlings, make sure you look for heat tolerant and drought tolerant varieties including htose with fungal disease resistance as humidity can increase the risk of certain fungal diseases. Pole beans are one of my favorite things to
Grow. The yard long bean being my absolutely favorite. I alternate between red and green beans, they are amazing performers in the heat, they’re very prolific and they taste absolutely amazing. I also like summer squash. I use these as a companion to beans, usually in the same
Raised bed. I don’t use any specific variety of yellow squash, straightneck, crookneck, they both work for me. Zucchini is not a preference because it is not as prolific later in the summer when the temperatures really start to rise. Also, to repel squash vine borers, which are these
Nasty little bugs that show up, I grow marigolds. Marigolds attract ladybugs which eat the aphids that will most certainly be attracted to your beans. If you have beans, if you have squash, you’re gonna have aphids like the Braves are going to have a NL East division title, every single
Year. Let’s talk about tomatoes. I try to focus on tomatoes here that are crack resistant and tolerate humidity very well. A few of my favorites heirloom homestead, as I’ve said, crack resistant, tolerates humidity well. San Marzanos, the perfect canning tomato, they’re also crack resistant and
They make great sauces. Moneymaker pole, yes, moneymaker pole tomatoes, I know, then name, but, they are another amazing tomato suited for hot and humid areas. Black Krim is a great, smoky flavored tomato with a mix of salty and sweet some would say. Amazing results in warm weather
And if you want a small, beautiful color tomato, yellow pear heirloom. They are amazing in our summer heat. Everybody loves tomatoes, most people love peppers so I group my tomatoes and my peppers together when I’m growing them. Bell peppers do not tolerate our heat very well down here. Banana
Peppers, amazing. They do a great job in our heat. Jalapeno peppers also do a great job in this heat. One of my personal favorites is the shishito pepper. Very, very prolific. I have gotten shishito peppers from June until October. I grow these three varieties every single year. I am also
Asked a lot about melons. Cantaloupe, honeydew, and of course watermelon, they all work. Any type of watermelon, any type of cantaloupe, any type of honeydew, all you need is very hot temperatures and space because they will sprawl and sprawl and sprawl. Okra, my specialty. They all grow. The
Hotter it is, the more you’ll get. All you have to do is pick a variety. I love Alabama red okra. Really thick, fat pods that taste amazing fried. Clemson spineless is another one of my favorites.
It is great, I eat it right off the plant. Less slimy than a lot of okra, a lot of people do not like okra because of the slime. Burgundy okra is a very good productive variety but it has to be
Harvested before it reaches 6 inches because the longer it gets, the more woodsy it becomes and it doesn’t really taste that good. Cowhorn, another great heirloom okra that is still tender even if it gets to be ten inches long. It is also great for pickling. I do not pickle okra, I prefer it
Fried, raw, gumbo, pickling is not my thing but hey, try it. Again, we are going to companion plant. Marigolds because aphids, okra, I mean they go hand-in-hand. Did I mention the Braves in the NL East titles? Yah ok, I just wanted to make sure I did. Okra, aphids, Braves NL East,
All consistent no matter what every single year you’re gonna see those three things. Alright, so, in high heat areas like this, in addition to growing fruits and vegetables, you can also grow some great flowers. Lantana is a great flower because nothing takes the heat better. Marigolds,
As I’ve mentioned before, as long as you keep deadheading the blooms, they’ll go on and on and on all summer long. Sunflowers are not only beautiful to look at but sunflower seeds are amazing to eat. The Mexican torch sunflower handles heat extremely well and I call it my
Butterfly whisperer, because once you plant them, butterflies come from miles and miles and miles for months and months and months. And, you can’t go wrong with zinnia either. Zinnias will last and keep going and going like the Energizer bunny. Honorable mentions, things I didn’t talk about…
Cucumbers. I’ve grown them before, they thrive in the heat as do eggplant. I hope y’all have learned some things today, I hope you’ve enjoyed. Thanks for watching and happy gardening.
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Lots of great info! Thank you! ❤
Thank you for sharing, And i'm gonna look for more of your posts..❤😊