[TEXOKIE]

Oh wow. Don’t know about second crop. I’m using pots, so maybe I won’t lose the fertilizer.

LOL! I put some phosphate out this morning. I killed one of the tomato plants which is on the smaller side. I burned it up. Oh well.

I’m going to say partial, because most are in morning shade, then as the sun rises, in the sky they get full sun, and then toward the afternoon, they are in a bit of shade again. I didn’t know that about the heat. I clearly need to take into consideration that we are not in the 80-90 degree full sun of some of our more northerly neighbors. So often we have that 100 degree heat to deal with. More shade is probably appropriate here.

What are you planning to plant for your 2nd crop?

[Sarajevo]

I think we hit on your problem. I tried pots and 5gal buckets but heat above 90°F would cause the plants to go dormant, only producing flowers and they would grow long and leggy. When I started putting plants in raised beds and mulched them, they took off. Tomatoes like the heat, but they also like to have their root ball kept cool and moist (not wet).

2nd crop...lets see....chives, 2 types of onion, bak choi, lettuce, jalapeno, squash, turnip, beets, tomato, 2 types of radish, pumpkin, pole beans, and peas.
Guaranteed, if we have a sudden cold snap, the pepper, tomato, and beans probably won't produce or will die back. We usually aren't affected by that until late January though. The rest usually live through winter with a plastic drop cloth to protect them.