Any ideas on a good hot weather crop?

Question

My green beans are done, and my corn will soon be history. What are some vegetables that I use to replace these crops? I will surely be planting something in those empty spaces, but I'm not sure of exactly what to plant. Any ideas? We are experiencing temps in the upper 90s, which is normal.

Update:

Thanks Z Parsnips are something I hadn't considered. I'm pretty much already growing everything else you recommended.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

as long as you keep them wattered there are long keeper tomatoes, there is also pumpkins, potatoes, late squash, some onions, parsnips, carrots.

Mo Plants · Answer

Everyone thinks the spring garden is the only garden to grow, but fall is one of the least appreciated season, particularly in the West.  Late summer is the time when different crops are planted that will carry you through the late fall and winter, perhaps into spring depending on where you live.  Yet this is not intuitively a planting season so many gardeners forget or are just burned out on plant care.  These folks miss out on the winter bounty.

Generally speaking, fall is for root and leaf crops.  The reason is that when these types of plants are planted in the spring, they tend to bolt into a tall flower spike in an effort to reproduce.  If planted in August, the new plants will face cooling temperatures and shortening day length which allows them to grow large and mature before winter cold.  Many of these such as the members of the broccoli family actually taste better in colder climates and where it is too warm they suffer horribly from wooly aphids.

Any ideas on a good hot weather crop?

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