Top 7 Crops that Thrive in the Hot Summer Desert Vegetable Garden

Top 7 Crops that Thrive in the Hot Summer Desert Vegetable Garden

John from http://www.growingyourgreens.com/ shares with you the top 7 crops that have done really well in his hot summer desert garden where the temperatures regularly exceed 100 degrees. In this episode John will take you around his back yard vegetable garden and share with you these crops and tell you more about them. After watching this episode, you are sure to learn about some proven winners that will allow you to grow food in the hot summer garden.

50 Comments

  1. Mark Maysey on July 27, 2021 at 7:50 pm

    Awesome video!



  2. Unavailable on July 27, 2021 at 7:50 pm

    Hey thanks I like this video very helpful



  3. Andrea Dahab on July 27, 2021 at 7:51 pm

    Hi, thanks for this interesting video. What was the last vegetable called? I cannot understand it in the video. I do live in the desert and I am searchong for suitable veggies to grow in the summer.



  4. kurgon1976 on July 27, 2021 at 7:52 pm

    What part of CA are you in and how did you get injured?



  5. Joseph Hanson on July 27, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    I live in the desert and where I am has great soil



  6. Robin Lanter on July 27, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    Do they all do good even in the desert heat of Arizona?



  7. P Ruiz on July 27, 2021 at 7:53 pm

    How to you keep your soil good season after season when you dont have compost?



  8. Wanna Wander on July 27, 2021 at 7:55 pm

    Very informative, thank you for the video… I am trying to plant a garden in the desert of Southeastern California, wish me luck and a green thumb… Happy trails💜



  9. Basic Mixr on July 27, 2021 at 7:56 pm

    Great! Check out my recycled garden experiment https://youtu.be/DVnbWyW5sCI



  10. Chakawm on July 27, 2021 at 7:57 pm

    👍



  11. Axe Grinder on July 27, 2021 at 7:57 pm

    John, I like how you tend to just allow some "plants" to bolt or not, very good for just enjoying the full-on magnitude of the "plant" but,,,,, PLEASE stop calling everything "guys" I am a guy who had a supervisor in a furniture shop that called every single part(s) of a project "guys." Thank you in advance. John, please, please work on this for me if you don’t mind. Love your vids. John!



  12. neverlostforwords on July 27, 2021 at 7:59 pm

    Very relevant here in Melbourne Australia now that we have long dry hot summers. I will have to look for the okra, malibar spinach and purple collards. I will probably have to find seed and grow from seed.



  13. heidigib01 on July 27, 2021 at 7:59 pm

    I haven’t watched in awhile, when did you move to AZ?



  14. iknowheis on July 27, 2021 at 8:00 pm

    What type of okra?



  15. Gary Martin on July 27, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    Who beat you up John?



  16. Lisa Hansel on July 27, 2021 at 8:03 pm

    Haha! Whole paycheck 😂😂for sure !



  17. Aridzonan13 on July 27, 2021 at 8:06 pm

    Are you in AZ?? Our winter garden has been doing great. We’re just North of Phx @ the 2000′ mark. But, our Summer garden was seriously stressed. The okra were stunted. Any tips? I love okra..



  18. Shon Fredrickson on July 27, 2021 at 8:06 pm

    I got Dinosaur Kale last December after checking out your video. Plated at start of February. It’s growing very well.



  19. Thoughts 11 on July 27, 2021 at 8:07 pm

    John how did you control aphids on kale? I would like to know what worked..



  20. Lene Ring on July 27, 2021 at 8:07 pm

    Why don’t you write the plants names n the videos? It would help a lot people with second language



  21. Jay Valencia on July 27, 2021 at 8:08 pm

    Thanks John, we’re moving to the southwest and need to grow greens and common veggies. I hope you heal fast and have a happy New Year.



  22. Boy Pazaway on July 27, 2021 at 8:08 pm

    Is that a Marijuana plant besides the okra, lol



  23. Infinite Sovereignty on July 27, 2021 at 8:09 pm

    Can you share a god seed source?



  24. Barsabus on July 27, 2021 at 8:10 pm

    Grow okra if you want to get raided by the police. It looks like a pot plant.



  25. Ed Campanaro on July 27, 2021 at 8:10 pm

    We have a large raised bed veg garden in the So. Cal desert [Palm Springs]. Each year I explore with different plants to see how they will do. We have had a very hot Spring this year – was 110 f yesterday – on May 8th. This year I planted one artichoke in February. It has grown to about 4′ w X 4" tall – with some side shoots. We have picked over 40 chokes so far, with a few smaller ones still coming. Crazy! We were shocked how well this did, and how productive too. Really enjoy your channel.



  26. FishinMoney-Darren on July 27, 2021 at 8:11 pm

    My swiss chard grew almost out of control in henderson NV.



  27. ISE Garden on July 27, 2021 at 8:17 pm

    What is happening to your hands?



  28. Tessa H on July 27, 2021 at 8:20 pm

    I was surprised to learn that dino kale can take the heat because it comes from italy and the red russian is from a colder climate. I planted both this fall and to my surprise the dino kale did best here in zone 8 with a few light frosts.Weird I think



  29. Simply Impish on July 27, 2021 at 8:21 pm

    Wow, so beautiful 🌸



  30. Omi Sarsoza on July 27, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    You can’t grow lacinato kale in hot summer heat



  31. AK-pulka al-Kuwait on July 27, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    КАК! казах, так научился говорить по английски?



  32. TG on July 27, 2021 at 8:22 pm

    His top crops; Thai basil, okra, eggplant, black kale, ruberob (sp?) spinach, swiss chard, purple tree collards,



  33. ANCHARAP CHARAP on July 27, 2021 at 8:23 pm

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  34. Brittan Piatt on July 27, 2021 at 8:23 pm

    He a little serial killerish



  35. Trista4Congress on July 27, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    Hi John! Your shows are always awesome!! Inspired me to start me own desert gardening series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K33f9f3ZkWU
    Can you pls cross-subscribe? : Thanks!!



  36. John Occhi on July 27, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    Wonder what to PLANT in July, in the Sonoran Desert/Tucson area. I have hydroponics as well as dirt garden



  37. Elena Zaaba on July 27, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    I am trying to grow radish & eggplant on a desert ground. Lets see if they will survive!



  38. jay C on July 27, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    Can’t say thank you enough for the helpful advice.



  39. dion thompson on July 27, 2021 at 8:31 pm

    Finally, a video which got to the point. thanks.



  40. THA BROWZER on July 27, 2021 at 8:33 pm

    Dude? What the hell happened to you? You don’t mention it, the broken arm yes, but fat lip too? What happened? We want to know, bomb videos



  41. Lydia O on July 27, 2021 at 8:35 pm

    I’ve never heard if red eggplant…



  42. Trista4Congress on July 27, 2021 at 8:36 pm

    wow!! didn’t know that about basil – i’ve been trimming tops, wasting seeds 🙁 and chard too tks



  43. Gia Đình Việt TV Cuộc Sống Mỹ on July 27, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    Thanks for sharing



  44. Shelley on July 27, 2021 at 8:40 pm

    I just got into gardening. I live in Las Vegas but the only place I have to garden is on a patio with indirect light. DO you think my vegetables will do ok or should I not grow until I move?



  45. Lana E Shaw on July 27, 2021 at 8:41 pm

    I am very interested in how you control aphids. I have collards and I loose most to aphids. Thank you



  46. Rahul Shah on July 27, 2021 at 8:42 pm

    Very well done 🤓



  47. Nicholas Tsagkos on July 27, 2021 at 8:44 pm

    another excellent video …
    * ps. do you dye your hair or they stay naturally black?!
    i have gray hair and i want to stay young for ever



  48. Elizabeth Shaw on July 27, 2021 at 8:45 pm

    I am about to move for Maine to Palm Springs California and I want to God and even though I am in an electric wheelchair and disabled. I have 43 hours per week of Home Health Care and they can help me with a Garden. It is very different than growing a garden in Maine and I understand a lot of that do to friends in one of the Valley’s which is extremely hot and arid. here I had somebody make me some raised beds up to my waist and I am 6 feet tall so that myself and my helper didn’t have to get down on the ground because I cannot do that my spine is broken from my neck all the way down through my tailbone. The vertebrae are all cracked and that’s just one of a million other things that I deal with and I don’t talk a lot about. Could I use a raised bed like that if it’s deep enough and long enough as well as wide enough? The two I had built here were humongous!



  49. T Brown Records on July 27, 2021 at 8:50 pm

    You made a cool video