[Market-farming] seed sources & sympathy

Willie McKemie mf at austinfarm.org
Fri Jul 25 09:57:27 EDT 2008


On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:04:42PM +0000, cjmaness at juno.com wrote:
> Temps in the low 100's really are fairly typical for this time of year. I'd like to find some crops that grow well in this heat, that our customers will buy. So far tomatoes are doing fine as well as okra. Peppers and eggplant have slowed down, but we don't sell a lot of eggplant so that's OK.
> I'm thankful that I don't have to deal with 110! Now that's hot!

Many cucubrits will handle the heat if they get enough water.  Here in 
central Texas, I have good to fair luck with cantaloupe, watermelon, 
Seneca zucchini, Tatume.  Of course, all southern peas including long 
beans.  Getting water on the surface for germination is a major problem; 
thankfully, the hurricane brought us enough water to bring up many rows 
I had planted in anticipation.  Surprisingly, I can grow arugula if I 
watch it closely enough.

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