[NeilV]

I am always on the search for unusual vegetables that like really hot weather. We always have really hot weather (some days above 100 and, recently, even a few days above 110). I think there have to be some crops out there from tropical areas that will do well but that Americans don't usually eat.

Some of the old standards I grow are: cowpeas (Crowder and purple-hull), sweet potatoes, okra, squash, melons, and peppers.

A couple of new ones I'm trying this year that seem to be doing well are Asian long beans (aka asparagus beans) and Malabar spinach.

Anybody have any other ideas?

 

[TWall]

Have you tried Jicama? I think it takes 3-6 months to grow harvestable roots.

Tom

 

[NeilV]

I have not but will look into it. I've eaten it before.

 

[Barry Digman]

Tomatoes?

 

[Harley Craig]

Indian runner beans will come back every yr in warmer climates and the bees love the flowers, I'm sure sunchokes would do well also

 

[NeilV]

I grow a lot of tomatoes. This year I'm also growing tomatillos.

I just figure that there have to be a whole lot of vegetables that get grown in hot places that taste good but I don't know about. Some of them would grow here in Oklahoma. However, Google doesn't turn up much useful information.

 

[Harley Craig]

I grow a lot of tomatoes. This year I'm also growing tomatillos.

I just figure that there have to be a whole lot of vegetables that get grown in hot places that taste good but I don't know about. Some of them would grow here in Oklahoma. However, Google doesn't turn up much useful information.

http://bit.ly/1iMYI81

 

[NeilV]

How'd you do that? Did lead to some interesting sites. Thanks.