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What are the most heat tolerant vegetables?

These are the most heat tolerant vegetables:


Note many of these cannot take extreme heat.

  • Snap Beans (greenbeans) most can        only take moderate heat
    •  Desperado, Provider , Contender, Lazy Housewife, Seychelles
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  • Southern Peas (like black-eyed peas, cowpeas) – Built for heat and drought.
    • California Blackeye No. 5 , Phenomenal
  • Eggplant– Big fan of long, hot summers (needs warm nights too).
    •  Black Beauty , Rosa Bianca
  • Melons(Cantaloupe, Watermelon) – Thrive in heat but need lots of water.
    •  Hales Best, Charleston Gray, Crimson Sweet, Charentais

 

  • Hot Peppers– Hot peppers especially (like jalapeños and habaneros) thrive in high temps.
    •  Jalapeno M, Early Jalapeno, Anaheim, Habanero, Hungarian Wax, Poblano
  • Sweet Peppers: Mulch roots to keep soil cooler
    • Gypsy, Sweet Banana, Shishito
  • Okra – Practically lovesheat; thrives in hot, humid weather.
    • Burpee Variety: Clemson Spinless, Burgundy
  • Sweet Potatoes– Both the tubers and the edible greens handle heat easily.
    • Burpee Variety: Beauregard, Georgia Jet
  • Malabar Spinach – Not a true spinach, but it lovesheat and humidity.
    • Burpee Varity: Green Stem, Malabar Red Stem
  • Yardlong Beans(also called asparagus beans) – Even more heat-loving than regular green beans, prefers hot weather
    • Burpee Variety: Asparagus Yardlong
  • Armenian Cucumbers– Technically a melon, but grows like a cucumber and doesn't mind heat.
    • Burpee Variety: Armenian
  • Cucumbers: handle heat well, grow quickly, and produce abundantly. Check for water needs they have shallow roots and need frequent watering 
    • Burpee Variety:  Sweet Success, Salad  Bush , Suyo Long, Marketmore, Summer Dance, Straight Eight , Party Time. Pickle Bush
  • Tomatoes (especially small-fruited types like cherry or grape tomatoes) – Set fruit betterin heat compared to big beefsteaks. 
    • Burpee Variety: Sungold, Sweet 100, Arkansas Traveler, Fourth of July, Celebrity
  • Squash(Summer types like zucchini and pattypan) – Grow fast in heat, but watch for pests. 
    • Summer
      • Early Prolific, Sunburst
    • Winter
      • Waltham Butternut
  • Swiss Chard mort tolerant than other greens
    • Fordhook Giant, Bright lights

Most Heat Tolerant we carry but not high heat 

  • Potato: Red Pontiac Yukon Gold, Kennebec, Russet Norkatah
  • Lettuce: Heatwave, Buttercrunch, Paris Island Cos, Black Seeded Simson 
  • Peas: Wando, Oregon Sugar Pod, Sugar Snap
  • Radish: Cherry Belle, French Breakfast
  • Pumpkin: Sugar Pie,  Jack Be, Little,, Jarrahdale
  • Carrots: Nantes, Danvers126 
  • Corn: Silver Queen, Peaches & Cream, Magnolia
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