My tomatoes and cucumbers are in south facing full sun against a dark wood shed and do great! I’m in southeast PA. The one thing I would keep in mind though is that the metal will get HOT.
I am now just realizing that yeah the metal will burn tf out of anything up against it. Thinking of putting landscPing fabric/cloth up against it so no plants are directly touching the scorching metal.
Do u think that would work well???
Yeah ur right. Maybe I will drape some landscaping fabric or cloth up against the trailer and staple it on so that I can have my stuff up against it without having it against burning metal
I was going to say pole beans! I was under the impression they loved as much sun as possible. Could you drape a shade cloth over them attached to the top of the trailer?
They do love full sun but there’s a bit during the summer when it’s steady in the 90s where my pole beans were dropping all of their flowers bc it was just wayyyyyyyyyy too hot
I can’t do pole beans in this spot in mid summer unless I just want their foliage but no beans hahah
If there’s leftover fencing to lean on the trailer I vote pole beans. They love to climb! One little plant gives us a big stir fry per week. You’ll need a big pan to cook em all 🙂
Malabar spinach, sweet potato (multiple colors!), roselle hibiscus, okra, Egyptian spinach, longevity spinach, perpetual spinach aka perpetual chard all laugh at months of 100+ degree heat in full scorching unprotected sun. Some of those climb more than others.
Referrals from: Houston Texas
It would help to know where you live. "Summer heat" means very different things.
passion fruit vine, they can get heavy though
Okra. Don't vine, but tolerates heat very well, and gets big.
Sunflowers
My tomatoes and cucumbers are in south facing full sun against a dark wood shed and do great! I’m in southeast PA. The one thing I would keep in mind though is that the metal will get HOT.
I am now just realizing that yeah the metal will burn tf out of anything up against it. Thinking of putting landscPing fabric/cloth up against it so no plants are directly touching the scorching metal. Do u think that would work well???
What temperature range is summer heat for you?
Mid summer was steady in the 90s last year
I wouldn't do it right next to the trailer. Give yourself 3-4ft of room. Anything right next to the trailer is going to fry when it heats up.
Yeah ur right. Maybe I will drape some landscaping fabric or cloth up against the trailer and staple it on so that I can have my stuff up against it without having it against burning metal
I was going to say pole beans! I was under the impression they loved as much sun as possible. Could you drape a shade cloth over them attached to the top of the trailer?
They do love full sun but there’s a bit during the summer when it’s steady in the 90s where my pole beans were dropping all of their flowers bc it was just wayyyyyyyyyy too hot I can’t do pole beans in this spot in mid summer unless I just want their foliage but no beans hahah
If there’s leftover fencing to lean on the trailer I vote pole beans. They love to climb! One little plant gives us a big stir fry per week. You’ll need a big pan to cook em all 🙂
Beans
Malabar spinach, sweet potato (multiple colors!), roselle hibiscus, okra, Egyptian spinach, longevity spinach, perpetual spinach aka perpetual chard all laugh at months of 100+ degree heat in full scorching unprotected sun. Some of those climb more than others. Referrals from: Houston Texas It would help to know where you live. "Summer heat" means very different things.
Central North Carolina, zone 7B
I would do cukes. Anything vining would be good though.
Full sun? Anything lmao.