Heat and Sun Tolerant Herbs || Tropical Herbs for your Garden || Herbs for your Food Forest Garden

In this video I will share with you some different heat and sun tolerant herbs. All of the plants are tropical herbs that would grow great in a food forest garden.

Welcome to my channel, Our Tropical Soil, where you can learn about growing food in the tropics!

Growing under the heat and sun can pose some issues. Most of the conventional herbs that are sold in the supermarkets aren't heat and sun tolerant herbs. That is why I wanted to share with you these tropical herbs for your garden. They are proven to withstand the heat and sun because I have grown them during the South Florida summer. In a mild climate, that isn't too cold, these herbs will likely do well all year round. If you live in a colder climate then these tropical herbs can be grown during the summer.

These tropical herbs would also do well in your food forest garden. They are hardy plants that are either perennials or self-seeding annuals, so chances are you won't have to replant them! They would especially do well in a Florida food forest.

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[OurTropicalSoil]

Which one of the herbs I mentioned are you going to try growing? Let me know down below.

[Adnancorner]

lemon grass grow in hot deserts too .. i grew it in Dubai, where tempreatures can reach 51 degrees celcius

[hgdon-homeiswheretreesare-]

Very good ! So many things you can grow in the tropical areas 😊

[anavidal]

That’s really interesting and you explain it simply and well! Thank you for giving me the information I was looking for.

[lissetperez]

I’m growing Cuban Oregano.
We use it to season food and also to make tea for colds.

[BlaxKid]

Happy that I randomly came across this

[floridafruitgeek]

Another great, informative video. I love culantro - even though it's not technically a perennial, it does have a pretty long life span (I think I've heard it's technically a biennial, lasting for two years). it's a lot easier to keep it going as potted plant for a long time than cilantro, for snipping off a few leaves when I'm making a dish that can use that cilantro/culantro flavor and aroma. People in Florida often try and fail at growing the northern herbs, when there are delicious tropically adapted herbs like the ones in this video that do really well here.

[deborahdenton]

Great info! I live in Cape Coral and haven't really done anything to improve the sand, but the rosemary I planted in December seems to be doing quite well. Also, the basil I planted over a year ago in a pot flowered and went to seed. So I spread those seeds in new pots and now have a dozen plants. I will look for the Culantro plant - hoping it's available locally!

[ranikhrisna]

hi, I grew some herbs you mention in the video like garlic chives and lemongrass here in hot tropical climate in indonesia. another herbs that I grow are green onion, lemon basil, mint, pandan (it has vanilla-ey, nutty fragrance, also repels mosquitoes. common use in sweet desert that has coconut milk in it. best companion)

[muhammaduzair]

Thanks for the information. Beautifully delivered.

[cassism.lsnipper]

loved all your info.. taking notes! excited to grow them all especially lemongrass.

[Disneydreamgirl]

yeah living in south florida, I'm having a lot of trouble growing traditional herbs, most guides on the internet are for people living in the mid states, but here i feel like the sun is burning all my plants

[Kennedy]

I’m so happy to find this I live in South Florida (Broward) and have been looking for guidance. I have been having a difficult time finding Organic herbs at Home Depot do you think it matters if I’m using organic soil, Organic Fertilizer etc. I definitely won’t be using anything non organic after buying them. Thanks for the great video!

[chrisz.]

I notice Cuban oregano doesn’t have any pests. So it can be used as a pest deterrent when planted near other plants!

[crescentgarden]

I have Cuban oregano growing 😁 my aunt has tons of them. Could u show a video of how to get new lemon grass plants from the new growths?

[candyluna]

I will be moving to the Caribbean so I want to grow lavender, basil (which I know it can be done), borage, sage and comfrey...among other medicinal herbs.

[candyluna]

You know anything about growing lavender in the Caribbean? I am considering in a pot...

[andreacristina]

Hi! Just came across your video and I’m amazed your growing culantro in south Florida! Where did you find it? I would like to start growing it as my cilantro didn’t take

[marcobecerra]

What do you grow your herbs and plants in? I live in the Naples area, and my dirt, is sand. Would you recommend digging up a lot of the dirt and replacing it to grow in the ground? Or are these types of tropical plants used to the dirt we have here? Or would you just recommend potting everything?

[infinitewonder]

I have some Thai Basil in a pot but lately they look sad and yellow. I live in Miami I'm not sure if it's the heat that is killing them and the same goes for my Jalapeno plant.