When & How To Harvest Your Summer Crops for PEAK Flavor 🥒🍅🌶️

Timing is everything when it comes to harvesting peak-flavored produce. In this video, @jacquesinthegarden share four years of gardening experience to help you determine the perfect harvest windows for crops such as watermelons, corn, squash, and more. Learn when to pick your summer favorites for maximum flavor. 🍽️

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - Watermelon
02:32 - Melons
03:27 - Watermelon & Melon Check
06:35 - Corn
10:02 - Tomatoes
13:28 - Lettuce In Summer
14:06 - Squash
15:37 - Eggplant
16:34 - Peppers
20:15 - Cucumber
22:12 - Herbs

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[a.l.a.]

When I hear you say you started gardening 4 years ago and see the heights to which your knowledge, skills and results have come, I am BLOWN AWAY. Plus, you're just the best teacher without sounding pedantic or boring. Thanks, Jacques!

[wild-radio]

Thank you for showing the actual size of the Charteneau cantaloupe! They are adorable ❤

[naomimade]

I love cutting both ends off the corn cob, peel off the first 1 or 2 leaves and wrap it in foil and throw them on the grill.🥰

[DebRoo]

I'm growing every type of small melon i could get my hands on 😅 16 feet of cattle panel 'melon wall'. I am hoping to narrow down my favorites going forward. It's an epic conversation piece in my garden so far. Thank you for the help in determining harvest cues. My kajari are slightly turning orange so we're getting close!

[RyanKing-idrx]

Good timing for me since I just harvested some eggplants and peppers this morning! Now I just need to figure out how to store them after harvest before eating them so they don’t go bad

[naomimade]

😂😂😂 you guys are full of information, but then cute and funny too!! This is what makes me prefer your videos over all other gardening videos
❤

[AmandaHayes]

"It's fantastic for making things like zucchini bread which everybody actually really truly loves." 😂😂😂 No room for debate!

[TalonGrenier]

you guys got me into gardening thank you for getting me into this hobby

[litaapreston]

I have struggled with this so much. Especially with peppers. Know I am more informed and can be more confident in harvesting my veggies and herbs. Thank you. 😊

[Gothbrooks]

I think that was my favorite video you have ever done! Awesome job. I also tend to harvest tomatoes a couple days early and let them ripen on the counter. Otherwise squirrels will eat them, then dig up some carrots, then break my single stem really girl in half, and then laugh my face

[carissalizotte]

I love my Cherokee Purple tomatoes!! The flavor is so rich and umami! ❤

[ranakacir]

This was so helpful. I'm putting this in my garden notes. Thank you!

[sherrymurphy-kleine]

Very informative video...answered quite a few questions! Thank you, Jaques!

[Nikki-mxmy]

Great info, thank you! To be honest about herbs, I tend to harvest right before I use them in my cooking. If I am drying them for tea or to make an herb blend, I will harvest as early in the day as possible or in the evening once the hottest part of the day has passed. I’ve personally have had good results this way.

[hc]

Wow, this was so incredibly informative, and I hope you do more of these types of videos. It’s so rare gardening youtubers even mention what to look for when produce is ripe. Very helpful info, thank you! ❤

[rachellemazar]

So many great tips, I find the pepper tips especially useful.

[RoyHolder]

Thanks Jacques, there's some epic tips there, cheers! 😉

[skyland]

Great information...thank you so much for this video! It's so frustrating to work for months tending to plants only to harvest them at the wrong time.

[lbarmstrong]

It's my first year for growing cantalope and I've got four small melons right now, two are new and the others have been there for weeks. I was wondering how to tell if they're ripe. They're much smaller than the grocery store melons, so thank you thank you for the help here!!!

[lst]

Could you do a video about dealing with heat? Im in washington and the last frost date was fairly late, then became crazy hot suddenly. Alot of my crops got stunted or didnt take off from starters even though they were covered and watered. Super frustrating to have 2foot corn stalks(if they survived!) and plants stuck with their starter leaves