What should I plant this late?

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I live in GA, zone 8 I think. I have nine lettuce plants that while are growing rather nice and full, are bitter as hell due to the heat. Newbie mistake according to old man google.

So I want to pull them and put something else in their place but isn't it kind of late for that?

[dirtyred]

It's never too late!

your plants will just be ready to harvest later than if you planted them early. Some things, like beans, will stop setting fruit when it gets over a certain temperature but will start back up again when it starts to cool down.

You could do melons, squash, carrots, parsnips, radishes...

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Wait, so my greanie beans aren't going to set fruit?

Because it's hot as balls already. I'm such a baby LOL

I have more carrot seed so maybe I'll plant that. I already have a squash plant that I'm planning to have you ladies diagnose when I post a picture.

I could try parsnips and radishes. I've never eaten those.

[kaylie]

You could definitely do tomatoes, peppers or eggplant if you don't have them already. They all love heat. I picked up some seedlings from the nursery the other day and it was $3 for four small plants.

[NitaX]

Okra. If you like fried okra, get thee some okra plants. They grow quickly in our heat. I have grown them in containers before with no problem at all. They don't mind the heat and can withstand some drought conditions.

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[quote author=habbsies board=garden thread=3630 post=48497 time=13371097
I00]Wait, so my greanie beans aren't going to set fruit?

Because it's hot as balls already. I'm such a baby LOL

I have more carrot seed so maybe I'll plant that. I already have a squash plant that I'm planning to have you ladies diagnose when I post a picture.

I could try parsnips and radishes. I've never eaten those.[/quote]

I can't remember what the cut off temp is, but I know that when we had our three weeks of upper 90's and low 100's, the beans would flower but not fruit. Once we got back down to upper 80's I think I started getting beans again.

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Oh okay then I should be fine. We're upper 80's of late.

I just started to get flowers.

[minna]

I always have good luck with tomatoes and peppers during the warmer months.