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salad greens (not lettuce) that love hot weather ☀️
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Temperatures are starting to climb here and I've definitely got hot-weather crops on my mind. (But I'm not fooled, because even with the 75°F high the other day, the nighttime low was 36°F!) Besides the usual tomatoes, squash, and melons I've planted, I'm also thinking leafy greens. I already have my heat-tolerant lettuce varieties sown, but other greens like kale and arugula can sometimes struggle when it's hot out. For my fellow salad lovers, there are other salad greens we can grow through summer, all with different tastes and textures, and all that don't mind a little heat. You can find my favorite heat-loving salad greens right here—some of them might even be new to you! I'm sowing seeds for many of these this week. They'll germinate quickly with the warm weather and keep going for the next few months—just remember to mulch the soil well to help retain moisture during the hottest days of summer. Seasonal tipsAs the weather is steadily warming up, here's how you can prepare for summer's heat:
P.S. You can grow salad greens all summer long—here's what works in hot weather. P.P.S. Don't forget: The early Memorial Day sale at FastGrowingTrees ends tomorrow! Use code EARLY20 to get 20% off sitewide. |
Garden Betty
For people who want to grow more food with less work. 🌱 This is my weekly newsletter loved by 38,000+ subscribers—here's what one of them had to say: "These are not the regular run-of-the-mill garden-based emails. You actually touch on more unusual tidbits that encourage me to keep growing and learning."