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Top 5 DROUGHT Resistant Crops to Grow When Your Garden is THIRSTY!

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  • čas přidán 12. 08. 2024
  • When it rains, everything is happy, but when it's dry, there are a few plants that will stay happy! This episode we will discuss the top 5 drought-resistant crops to plant in your garden!
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Komentáře • 113

  • @flyfishdr
    @flyfishdr Před rokem +11

    Hi Luke...add okra to the list. It can tolerate hot dry weather for a while.

  • @lauramccament1381
    @lauramccament1381 Před rokem +8

    GREAT TIMING for me!!!! I have a lot of these in my garden and I tend to be a 'water-happy' person. I will be watering all of these LESS!!! Thanks so much!

    • @tinabloomfield7228
      @tinabloomfield7228 Před rokem +1

      Same!!! I water almost daily in my raised beds and pots. I may not need to so much in my raised beds..... they are mostly peppers this year 😅

  • @TheSimArchitect
    @TheSimArchitect Před rokem +7

    Your arid must be different than mine. I can't go three or four days without watering most of those plants without them shriveling. I lost almost all my peppers (potted, so there's that) because I forgot them for a week. My basil isn't dead but whatever survived after 5 days without me watering them is stunted for weeks already. And I live in The Netherlands with a North facing garden behind a 4 story building. 😬
    Even my chamomile is dying now I stopped watering it every other day, but I think it's because it went to seed and I was planting it mostly for decoration and didn't harvest.

  • @christophergetchell6490
    @christophergetchell6490 Před rokem +5

    Last year here in MA, we had a severe drought by August after pretty much no rain locally here for the better part of two months. Pretty much every little stream was dry and the reservoir was getting really low. We lost quite a few plants, with the exception of a couple of butternut squashes, a zucchini, and ALL of our tomatoes! Oh yeah, the weeds were also fine!

  • @lindapetersen1800
    @lindapetersen1800 Před rokem +7

    Luke I just started my garden for this summer time like you had done last year !!! It is going great so am praying for the best garden this year got a lot of the things in the garden that you spoke of !!!

  • @timclark7507
    @timclark7507 Před rokem +3

    I am glad he has had two videos on watering. I probably overwater and am trying to back off a bit this year.

  • @FreeAmerican-mm2my
    @FreeAmerican-mm2my Před rokem +2

    In North Alabama Okra and Sweet Potatoes are two plants that can deal with our hot dry summers.

  • @kele1264
    @kele1264 Před rokem +7

    Dry farming, how interesting! That may explain some of the things I've seen when passing by small farms. Your herbs are amazing! I'd like to establish a really nice herb bed myself. Lots of good information here, Luke! Thank you!

  • @garden_geek
    @garden_geek Před rokem +7

    Here in the Central Valley, CA I can’t kill most perennial herbs if I try! Rosemary is an invincible shrub, sage can handle months with zero water, thyme spreads all over the place given any amount of sun.
    And I totally agree with your point about tomatoes being drought resistant. I’ve found that they absolutely prefer to be on the dry side compared to other fruiting crops.

    • @itsohaya4096
      @itsohaya4096 Před rokem

      Ive never been able to keep rosemary or lavender alive. I water it like I would other herbs and they just dieeeee

  • @sandradunn421
    @sandradunn421 Před rokem +1

    Fun video. It’s great to see some of your humor come out in the posts. Thank you for years of info.

  • @XenobiaF
    @XenobiaF Před rokem +6

    The most drought resistant crop I have is okra!

  • @camicri4263
    @camicri4263 Před rokem

    Wow, that's awesome! Thank you Luke ❤🤗

  • @kbjerke
    @kbjerke Před rokem

    That's great information, Luke! THANK you!!

  • @vickieboudwin7781
    @vickieboudwin7781 Před rokem

    Thank you for all your help.

  • @seedy-waney-bonnie4906

    I just learned a few things here. Thank you.

  • @yukonsmomma3562
    @yukonsmomma3562 Před rokem

    Very interesting. Thanks Luke!

  • @rebeccarekward251
    @rebeccarekward251 Před rokem

    Nifty. I've always been curious about gardening approaches in Mexico.
    This is quite useful to me.

  • @bukuroshja_shqiptare
    @bukuroshja_shqiptare Před rokem

    It just poured down torrents of rain here and I am so glad. No dragging my 300 ft hose around for an hour today!!.... Hopefully not for a couple days😅 It has rained maybe twice in the past 2 months here in Central IL.. The grass is so yellow and crunchy!!

  • @growjoyfullyhomestead

    Thanks Luke!

  • @ElderandOakFarm
    @ElderandOakFarm Před rokem

    Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I've been getting the "Edema" on my tomato seedlings leaves every year when I seed start, & they would also drop their leaves, & I could never figure out what is was!!! The first year I thought it was a disease so I kept reseed-starting them..

  • @janenichols3880
    @janenichols3880 Před rokem

    Here in Tucson AZ peppers doing well, sage, basil and even strawberries with shade cover over the berries.

  • @defendressofsan8948
    @defendressofsan8948 Před rokem

    Thanks!

  • @Joan-ej7wv
    @Joan-ej7wv Před rokem

    thanks for sharing.

  • @pascalxus
    @pascalxus Před rokem

    amazing! thanks so much!

  • @Lori32MK
    @Lori32MK Před rokem +36

    Question is does the smoke pollution damage crops or create issues with high particulates in the air?

    • @Youdontknowmeson1324
      @Youdontknowmeson1324 Před rokem +3

      Probably not

    • @user-oi9bg6fx5t
      @user-oi9bg6fx5t Před rokem +7

      Should be fine, less prefect sunlight though.

    • @cbass2755
      @cbass2755 Před rokem +8

      I use a hose in the early morning before sun up and wash them off. So far, I haven’t had mold issues or rot

    • @GoTo-KleckfilesDOTCOM
      @GoTo-KleckfilesDOTCOM Před rokem

      Use a fiber over them! This way the stuff falls on the fiber, can be removed and gently hand washed in evening every couple of days, just to ensure it doesn't. Least, that's my plan. I've got a small plan cause I knew this was coming. It's going to get worse B4 it gets better. I'm praying for all of us! Americans, listening to mainstream and calling your conspiracy theorists friends or family names is ignorance. Listen to them. Stop listening to mainstream. Our nation is in trouble!

    • @melanieculver7610
      @melanieculver7610 Před rokem +6

      Yes it does affect plants.

  • @JeanneKinland
    @JeanneKinland Před rokem

    I planted 80 pepper plants this year and it's doing great. They are about 3 ft. tall and loaded with good size fruit.

  • @vanessaadams9145
    @vanessaadams9145 Před rokem +2

    I grow varieties like Black Cherry, Yellow Pear, Brandywine, Black Krim, San Marzano every season and I don't dry farm but they get water MAYYBE once every week-2 weeks. Never had an issue with blossom end rot or a tomato plant dying , always 6-8ft tomato plants lol

  • @jessieparker381
    @jessieparker381 Před rokem

    Good one.

  • @polaniecj
    @polaniecj Před rokem +1

    Nice video. Definitely been a long drought here in Michigan even with the sad winter.
    Any smoke/forest fire resistant crops 😅

  • @MichelleMonstera
    @MichelleMonstera Před rokem +1

    Today I learned that I have been overwatering my peppers! Thanks for the info!

  • @pinkpowerrangerpv
    @pinkpowerrangerpv Před rokem +2

    Beautiful pepper plant! What variety is that?

  • @Youdontknowmeson1324
    @Youdontknowmeson1324 Před rokem +2

    There is drought resistant Versions of cool season vegables like kale there is tree collards and sea kale which are Perenial kales. There is heat resistant spinach called causcasian spinach which grows edible spinach vine there is also New Zealand spinach and Malabar spinach which can be grown as annuals but are Perenial.

  • @IAMGiftbearer
    @IAMGiftbearer Před rokem

    Very interesting! I've been having alot of rain in Georgia and it's so humid and hot I can hardly stand to be outside for long. I wonder if that's why my sweet pepper plant is growing tall but no fruit yet. It's been in the ground for 2 or 3 months now and I'm wondering if I will get any fruit from it at all. I also wonder if maybe the rain is washing out the fertilizer. I recently added Biochar and some more worm castings just in case. My Better Boy tomato plant has had lots of foliage growth but only seems to have 4 tomatoes on it at any one time, and the flowers take forever to get fruit behind them. I am hand pollinating when the weather dries out after a rain. I just repotted some peppers I grew from seed indoors under a grow light and then put them outside. Lettuce is still a real struggle. I'm growing two varieties; Cimmaron and Tom Thumb Butterhead. The leaves are so tender they tend to wilt easily. Not sure if it's the humidity that's causing it because even indoors under grow lights they easily get tamped down. I'm trying several different methods and found that the one lettuce I put in a hydroponic container is standing up better than the rest but still not adding many leaves. It may be because it is only bottom-watered and leaves don't touch water, as they are up above clay balls.

  • @jackiehorsley9263
    @jackiehorsley9263 Před rokem +2

    That is so interesting to know I did not know that tomato plants or at least some tomato plants can be drought tolerant I will definitely have to check that out next year when I go plant tomato plants

    • @amyschmelzer6445
      @amyschmelzer6445 Před rokem +2

      It’s also about teaching the young tomato plants to grow their roots deep down in search of groundwater. A “drought resistant variety” will not do well in a drought if you baby it early on with shallow watering every day. I have noticed in wet springs that tomatoes grow their roots along the surface of the soil and then at the end of the season the roots aren’t that much deeper when I yank the plant out.

  • @singhispraise365
    @singhispraise365 Před rokem +1

    I grow in the desert.. I water at least once a day if my soil isn't amended with coco core etc.

  • @bleubetts
    @bleubetts Před rokem

    Great video

  • @culdesacgrocerygarden

    well I wish i had known about dry farming 5 months ago...growing rutgers this year but we are in an exceptionsl drought. Wish I had some of those tomatoes you talked about!

  • @earthisflat
    @earthisflat Před rokem +5

    I live in Arizona, i sprayed BT on my raspberry plant and it actually burned the younger shoots is there anything i could do to help it out a bit? I removed the damaged foliage and 90 precent of the foliage is still looking healthy, maybe my plant will be fine im just worried i might miss out on raspberries

    • @Youdontknowmeson1324
      @Youdontknowmeson1324 Před rokem

      Plant species native to your areas that have been adapted there for thousand of years there is species native to the desert that are related to raspberries.

  • @49lucky
    @49lucky Před rokem +3

    I planted my garden with mystery seeds. Found a bunch of seeds threw them in my planting pots and all kinds of stuff are coming up 😅😅😅😅

  • @AdirondackRuby
    @AdirondackRuby Před rokem +6

    Interesting...is there an opposing list of plants that love getting soaked? I live in a place with very rainy summers, so I'm curious if there are things I can add to my garden that would really flourish in all the moisture.

    • @laifnow
      @laifnow Před rokem +1

      Lettuce, Alliums, all Cruciferous vegetables, various berry bushes and fruit trees like apples and pear?

    • @peacejoyblessings3735
      @peacejoyblessings3735 Před rokem +1

      Water spinach also called kangkong in the Philippines love water. 😊

    • @AdirondackRuby
      @AdirondackRuby Před rokem

      @@laifnow Awesome! Thanks.

    • @AdirondackRuby
      @AdirondackRuby Před rokem

      @@peacejoyblessings3735 Interesting! I'll look into that one.

  • @dalegaa4094
    @dalegaa4094 Před rokem +3

    Would you please name some of the drought resistant tomatoes that cane be grown in the NE?

  • @Cowponydesign1
    @Cowponydesign1 Před rokem +1

    what about really hot climate like texas? now, i found the kale and chard lasted a long time without water. but things like tomatoes and squash get really unhappy after our hot days. it is really hard to figure out the whole water situation 😔

  • @PlantObsessed
    @PlantObsessed Před rokem

    I was on your site shopping the other day. i thought ot would be a good idea to have it sortable by early and maybe even by drought tolerance.

  • @IAmHumanJake
    @IAmHumanJake Před rokem +1

    Water blisters on a plant. Very interesting

  • @theerarestjewel
    @theerarestjewel Před rokem

    Where did you buy you tarragon seeds? Please

  • @thomasashe2681
    @thomasashe2681 Před rokem

    Is it possible to root tarragon from the cuttings you buy from the grocery? I have tried several times but it hasn't worked yet.

  • @meversace
    @meversace Před rokem +1

    Hot peppers also like it dry very very dry. They are spicier and hotter when they are not watered very much.

  • @kskorner74
    @kskorner74 Před rokem

    perfect poses for those herbs!!!! lol

  • @egbertmcleod7087
    @egbertmcleod7087 Před 2 měsíci

    Hi there, what brand of plastic cover would you recommend for mulching in Dry farming, like the Mexicans.

  • @truthseeker9561
    @truthseeker9561 Před rokem

    Sweet potatoes are fairly drought tolerant as well.

  • @debrah3681
    @debrah3681 Před rokem

    I’ve found at the community garden that if you practice dry farming,
    other gardeners ask if I need help watering my garden. Some have literally taken it upon themselves to “help” me by watering my garden when I’m not there.

  • @mudpiemudpie785
    @mudpiemudpie785 Před rokem

    Are bell peppers less drought resistant than they type of peppers you show? I mostly grow bell peppers. And, is that a stag-horn sumac tree behind your tarragon? That's a fantastic herb if it is.

  • @JuanGomez-iq1vn
    @JuanGomez-iq1vn Před rokem

    What do you guys do in 4th of july?

  • @melissakarner6707
    @melissakarner6707 Před rokem +1

    I wonder if this applies to the desert 🌵 southwest?

    • @doubles1545
      @doubles1545 Před rokem +2

      New Mexico here. I’m watering daily right now, as it’s very hot and very dry. Later in the summer when the sun is less intense and humidity is higher I will water a little less, but still every two-three days. I find fruiting more consistent with watering, plus I can grow more in less space.

    • @melissakarner6707
      @melissakarner6707 Před rokem +1

      @@doubles1545 I am watering everyday as well. Humidity is 11% and temps 103 to 111. I am also shade clothing everything in the afternoon sun. My okra and black eyed peas are doing the best along with my peppers.

  • @elizaom
    @elizaom Před rokem

    Holy moly, is that French Tarragon? I had no idea it could get so tall!

  • @JohnWood-tk1ge
    @JohnWood-tk1ge Před rokem

    Went from one of the driest Mays on record to my garden needing Noah and his ark in June.

  • @mrsta1267
    @mrsta1267 Před rokem +1

    Oops so I am definitely overwatering my peppers. I water daily.

  • @cbak1819
    @cbak1819 Před rokem +1

    It just all depends on your climate.

  • @bridgetcombs8642
    @bridgetcombs8642 Před rokem +1

    Silly question but are bell peppers included in the drought resistant category?

    • @Youdontknowmeson1324
      @Youdontknowmeson1324 Před rokem +1

      Probably not hot peppers are more drought tolerant like chilipetin peppers that grow wild in Texas.

  • @debbiemusgrove676
    @debbiemusgrove676 Před rokem +2

    I’m getting tons of flowers but no peppers. What am I doing wrong?

  • @76jjax
    @76jjax Před rokem

  • @mikeault5335
    @mikeault5335 Před rokem

    👍👍

  • @katydegner7643
    @katydegner7643 Před rokem +2

    But what if it's REALLY HOT? Like 101/102 every day for weeks? (South Texas) Does this still hold? I feel like everything is wilting if I don't water daily during a heat wave, for almost every plant.

    • @bmiles4131
      @bmiles4131 Před rokem +2

      If they are producing fruit in those temps, you’re doing it right. Normally they won’t. I grow some in afternoon shade in Tx, that’s enough sun.

    • @katydegner7643
      @katydegner7643 Před rokem +1

      @@bmiles4131 I'm still getting a decent amount of peppers and tomatoes in this heat but most everything else has slowed down

  • @smithpianoservicing3421

    👍🏻

  • @engineermeg8844
    @engineermeg8844 Před rokem +1

    You can have draught resistant veggies but you can not get away from the radiation that is happening to the plants; you are going to need a shade cloth as well.

  • @MichaelFunStories
    @MichaelFunStories Před rokem

    You forgat horse radish

  • @seanrich1367
    @seanrich1367 Před rokem +3

    Thanks Luke, another informative posting. That overcast is Canada Smoke, it's all the way down here in WV. Someone should make em stop, there burning off land on purpose, while we all suffer. Can't be good for the garden.

    • @lauriedavis4045
      @lauriedavis4045 Před rokem +3

      They're not burning on purpose--Canadians are suffering! Drought and dry lighting kicked theirs off months ago, just like what happens in the US. They'relosing crops, homes, livestock, farms, forests, whole towns. 😔

  • @AH-yr3ge
    @AH-yr3ge Před rokem

    Okra!!

  • @nessidoe8080
    @nessidoe8080 Před rokem

    No Thumbnail picture!

  • @kalinystazvoruna8702
    @kalinystazvoruna8702 Před rokem

    I planted tomatoes and peppers at the beginning of a week with no rain. Peppers did okay. Tomatoes more or less died. 😿
    How do you keep your beds so weed free without a mulch? I weed mine religiously and the next day they look like they've never been weeded. Sigh...

  • @samuraioodon
    @samuraioodon Před rokem

    How about okra?

    • @FreeAmerican-mm2my
      @FreeAmerican-mm2my Před rokem

      Okra (and sweet potatoes) are two plants that can deal with hot dry summer in the Deep South.

  • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166

    it's (o)edema, not "eodema"
    my peppers are the only plants coping with my bad watering. now i know why. i will likely keep to once a week.

  • @GoTo-KleckfilesDOTCOM
    @GoTo-KleckfilesDOTCOM Před rokem +1

    Everyone can feel something bad is coming. That's why people are searching trying to learn

  • @chezelleconroy2951
    @chezelleconroy2951 Před rokem

    I think I’ve been watering my garden too much!

  • @ellenorbjornsdottir1166

    my indigo fireball tomatoes died due to what i diagnosed as undurwatering.

  • @milliesimmons7252
    @milliesimmons7252 Před rokem

    Yeah I over watered mine and killed them

  • @chrisd6567
    @chrisd6567 Před rokem +1

    Ya pa is getting smoked out haha

  • @billyedwards5716
    @billyedwards5716 Před rokem

    You didn't even mention okra, or sunflowers

  • @cbass2755
    @cbass2755 Před rokem

    But…keep dry in containers? Guess it wouldn’t matter…idk…

  • @mississippisoldier3699

    Ig I’m first

    • @musicalatv
      @musicalatv Před rokem +1

      Pinkpowerranger beat you for first

  • @jettyeddie_m9130
    @jettyeddie_m9130 Před rokem

    Thanks for everything you do and all the useful great information luke 🙂🫡