Heat on my garden

It's been a rough "fall" so far for sure. Even my established plants are struggling pretty hard because of the heat. Something as small as a 10 degree break would help.

Awesome . Glad to hear that. It will be a very long road for those islands for obvious reasons, but hopefully in time they'll develop a new normal that is at least similar to the previous normal. My concern is that the 24-hour news cycle will run its course, and people will forget about what's going on there sooner rather than later. That's a pretty big issue when you consider that American communities that do not face the logistical problems that the Bahamas do (like Mexico Beach, FL) are stagnant with regard to reconstruction months/years after storms.

It happens this time of year. You get a bit impatient and want to see things in the garden and put them in and a few days later-----zap, they're gone.

I mostly direct sow a lot of what I grow in my garden and the only things I now have started that way are cucumbers, yard long beans and sugar snap peas. I'm waiting for cooler weather to start my lettuces, kale, swiss chard, beets, turnips from seed and will just use transplants for broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussel sprouts and collard greens. Then when it gets just a bit cooler, I'll start garlic and onions.

I've learned long ago to not put many things this time of year due to heat issues and just watch them burn up in a couple days time.


And I totally agree------I too can't wait for much cooler temperatures and away from this miserable heat.

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Hate to tell you, but I doubt the sugar snaps will make it through the heat. Tried two years on a row direct sowing them and they all faded and died. I’m waiting till we get a cool front in

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I just put the seed in a couple days ago and they are in an area that gets some shade during the day, so I'll see how it goes.

Wouldn't be the first time I've had stuff burn up on me trying to get a jump start. My cucumber and Japanese Yard Long beans have sprouted and are both about 4-5 inches tall now and doing well-----but I'm making sure the ground stays damp with watering twice a day so the soil doesn't completely dry out.