I have found that there are two vegetables that like hot weather – okra and peppers. If you plant either one in early May, they often sit there and sulk, biding their time, waiting for hot weather, then they take off if you give them a bit of water.
Nancy had several pepper plants in her above-ground garden and one plant grew like a weed, but no blooms and no peppers. It was four feet high, then came August and now it has finally produced many blooms and lots of baby peppers. In a few more weeks, it will be loaded down with jalapenos, but it took its sweet time.
I’ve also noticed that yellow squash often waits before being productive. I have a plant that I thought was dead that has now sprung to life with many blooms and baby squash on the way.
You just never know with a garden, but definitely, some like it hot.
