Vegetables that Thrive in Container Gardens During the Summer Growing Season

I'm in Mich can only grow outside from may to Oct. So I bring some of my plants in house in Oct .but if they don't get good light in house they can die.

I am in Florida, and my malabar spinach is already going to seed... but wow, great new ideas for summer : ) thank you

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Been looking for a good nursery in Dallas and so excited to see there is a good one. Going there tomorrow

Rice Paddies Ngo Om

The Jewels of Opar sprouted spontaneously in my garden and I didn't know it was edible. I tried to erradicate but the first rain brought it back in full force. They don't need any care at all and go very well in hot Brazil Summer. We call them "Major Gomes" for some reason.

Went to this place today.. great place, thanks John.

I live in Central Texas and I am really excited to go this spring. Thank you John!

Great review, will definitely go check out this nursery being in the DFW area! Thanks John. It looks like the heat was treating you well on this day

i'm thinking of going there for some citrus. do they have calamondin? kumquat?

NO GUARANTEE = NO SALE

Thanks for this. I was hoping to get some of these plants next year, but wasn't sure where I would get them.
FYI, no need to get okra starts here in the Dallas area. Just stick the seeds in the ground. Okra can't help but grow here on Texas.

We started okra from seed and they produce tons! We would've had a lot more but a storm killed most of them.

Thankyou so much again been watching your videos all day because I'm getting into composting but live in am apartment so I'm trying to grow my own food even if it's in pots!:)

Traffic in the back to distracting. Couldn't even watch this

Hey John - I just found some unusual plants at OC Farm Supply in Orange, CA. I thought the prices were good too. Among other things like peppers, they had Mushroom plant, Sweet Leaf, French Tarragon, and Papalo. I hadn't been in there in awhile, and was surprised to find unusual crops that you've mentioned before. Now I can try them.

So I have a question. I have a DWC system. My pH is 6 I followed the nutrients instructions and I have a grow light and a small fan to help keep plants cool yet my plant which is a bush bean plant has not grown for about 2 weeks now. leaves are a dark green not wilted but they have tipped down slightly and as well. Am I doing something wrong or did I just get 2 bad plants?

Hi John. Thanks for making these videos. You taught me a lot about different plant. Being an Asian I eat a lot of greens and to my surprise , you know most of them and more. Now I value those Asian greens much more now. I used to live in Dallas and been to Doan's nursery. Now I moved to Houston and I go to JRN nursery and was surprised you did a video about it. Anyways I have this Asian vining plant that we eat and I don't know the English name for it. The leaf is heart shape and can get to be hand size. It's hairy /fuzzy and the top is green and back leaf is purple. It can grow wild and seems to have no pest issue. It has a weird odor when bite into it. I wish I can put picture here in comment. Do you know what plant is it ?

I've gone to this nursery for years. They are nice people there. It is not fancy but they do have many nice plants. And yes, wear your muck boots, it's always muddy there.

thank you so much for this. I live in the Dallas area and you just saved me a trip to Houston.

Awesome educational video:')

Will they ship the longevity spinach?

Thanks so much!

ngo gai is call saw herb

the herb u were saying look like ngo om is rice paddle herb we make soup yub it also meditional herb

hi jonh just want to mentoin that dragon friut did well in cool temperate where i am melbourne australia it do very well

thank u jonh for sharing your passion

Can you talk more about Asian diet and why they're so healthy. They also seem to be very good at video games...

Thanks once again John...another great episode!

tomatoes don't do well in high Texas heat? I've been growing tomatoes for years here with no problem.

dude, this would be a great video if you would not have so much repetition

I live in the heart of deep East Texas and some day you can come shoot a video here. Nacogdoches is the garden capital of Texas.

You're so awesome. You make me so happy with your nursery reviews - especially ones I can hit because I have fam in DFW!!! So excited. I be like "I totally want to visit you . . . now . . . " ;-)

Thank You for your very helpful information for my garden

John you're so cheap. Buy yourself a normal camera.

man, another detox session for you! :) good show

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LIVING EARTH IS A GOOD DIRT PLACE HERE IN DALLAS

Shared. Food for my newbie gardening brain. Thank you for the video.

dude I am in dallas!!! if I knew you were here Id come meet you man!!!
your right by my work. :)

cool tour! there are a few plants there that I grow. growing Malabar spinach for the first time. noticed it is just going in one main (6ft) vine, and I've plucked the largest leaves near the bottom. Should I cut it back to encourage branching? Or harvest from the tips rather than from the base? The Ngo-Om looks like a relative of oregano. What did you find out about it?

thanks for the list. I love your garden; would like to see it more often.

Does anyone know how to save the Culantro seeds?

John, thank you for the video for the Dallas area. I'm moving from CA where I visit Torrance Farmers Market and buy all my plant starts from Certified Plant Growers as per your video. Now moving to Dallas in August and this video is perfect timing! please keep your Dallas area videos coming as I'd love to find me an equivalent to Certified Plant Growers in the Dallas area as he house has nothing but grass in a sunny back yard and I am itching to get growing. Love Asian restaurants, especially Vietnamese so I will definitely look forward to giving Asian vegetables a go!

I love Texas but damn it gets crazy hot here in Houston. It limits what you can grow substantially.

one thing I like about john is that he is so honest...his 'don't worry about going inside because all the cool stuff is around the side' major props my man. you have the job I would love to have....keep growing greens

thanks for the info, I love your videos!!!

Thank you! Live in Dallas, TX - involved with getting a community garden started. Won't be using these in the beds because concerned about invasive species. Very glad that you pointed that out. Should be ok if in containers though. Enjoyed learning about these different veggies! :)

Very good information on Asian plants

Your videos have inspired me to start a garden this year. Malabar spinach is doing really well this summer in containers. Hope you come down to Austin some day!

I'm soooo happy u came to Texas and done these videos!!!! Thank u

John... Once the best vids yet!

dude, i was in the DFW area yesterday! probably drove right by you while you were filming! when are you coming back to Houston?

greath weather season

how long lives a tree of tomato? how long it can be harvested? thanks

Thank you for giving me some great ideas. Love all your videos keep up the great work

29:20 you missed an outtake :-D

"We need to get rid of green plants, they keep us dependent on C02 , without green plants we wouldn't need C02 in the first place . And those nurseries pump in C02 for fertilizer. Someday we will bring C02 levels down to zero and finally clean this earth of all this messy disgusting carbon based life forms and the earth will finally be clean..and barren" ~ Weird AL Gorebalist

Nice John you have studied some T.C.M. ??? Traditional Chinese Medicine? You should totally do an episode or more dedicated to some of THE PLANTS. .... :-D

U still in Dallas we want to meet u

NO way , John !!!!! My Old Man was forced to eat the Okra when he was a child, and, he says it is slimy, and , he eats NASSSSSSTY things !!!! You'd really have to cook it up good and with some spices and then maybe I'll try some ? hahahahaha.

AWESOME video! thanks !! PLEASE
come to NM and do some here !! :)

thank you I live in redding California which can get up to 120!!! (they take the temp at the airport in the shade 11degree difference! ) any who cant put any thing in direct sunlight :'(

thanks for getting hot to make this brother!

How long are you in dallas for?

5:15 "My people"
Growing your greens army!!

My father in law is in Pearland. Say hi to him if you see him ;). His name is Rafael.

culantro!! i can't find any seeds.. everyone is sold out.. do they still have seeds?

water spinach👍

16 views.. fresh upload..lol

would be interesting to see a zone 5 video.....great info as allways 👍

Jump to the Following Parts of this Episode (and Latin Plant Names)
06:00 Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)
07:00 Container Gardening Tour
07:20 Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
09:59 Tung Ho aka Edible Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium)
10:22 Jewels of Opar (Talinum paniculatum)
11:28 Red Malabar Spinach (basella rubra)
13:38 Culantro (Eryngium foetidum)
14:40 Kohlrabi (Brassica oleracea Gongylodes)
16:39 Eggplant (Solanum melongena)
18:18 Horstails (Equisetum arvense)
19:04 Compost
20:08 Angled Luffa (Luffa acutangula)
21:01 Britton Shiso (Perilla frutescens)
23:00 Shiso, Mint, Basil in Containers
24:48 broad leaf plantain (Plantago major)
26:40 Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)
27:25 Fruit Trees Persimmons, Jujube, Pomegranates
29:20 Loquats (Eriobotrya japonica)
29:43 Jujube Tree (Ziziphus jujuba)
30:26 Entering Greenhouse. Nursery Policies
31:49 Most Vegetables are grown here
32:56 Katuk (Sauropus androgynus)
34:19 Growing Personal Food at Greenhouse
35:17 Bitter Melon (Momordica charantia)
36:22 Kim That Tai aka Longevity Spinach (Gynura Procumbens)
38:52 Rice Paddy Herb (Ngo-Om) (Limnophila aromatica)
40:17 Moringa Tree (Moringa oleifera)
41:57 Ngo Gai aka Culantro (Eryngium foetidum)
42:34 Green and Red Stem Malabar Spinach (basella rubra)
44:00 Rau Muong aka Water Spinach (Ipomoea aquatica)
45:44 Thai Basil ((Ocimum basilicum var. thyrsiflora)
46:14 Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus)
46:47 Cuban Oregano (Plectranthus amboinicus)
47:34 Centella Plant aka Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica)

Meh. It's not that hot here in Texas. But Arizona.... 😬

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