Top 10 Heat Tolerant Vegetables: Vegetables For Hot Climates
Growing vegetables in the South means you have to know your climate and your vegetables. Beyond just planting a warm-season vegetable, it’s important to know which vegetables can take the heat.
Growing hot weather vegetables may mean switching out white potatoes for sweet potatoes, a real trooper when it comes to heat tolerant vegetables. Instead of spinach, change over to Malabar spinach, a similar green much more suited to vegetables for hot weather. And the traditional favorite tomato doesn’t set fruit when the mercury soars past 85 degrees F (29 C). So instead, try a tomatillo.
If you live in the Southeastern region of the United States, or other hot climates, you know that not all warm-season vegetables are created equal. Some stand up to heat and humidity better than others.
Here are our picks for the top 10 vegetables for hot weather.
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