Leafy vegetables: Amaranth, auricularia auricula, water spinach, golden leaf beet and Genda will grow well if planted in the south in July. In the middle and late July of rainy season, heat-resistant spinach and heat-resistant cabbage can be planted because these two vegetables are afraid of rain.

Frozen vegetables germinate most easily in an environment of about 26 to 30 degrees, so some seedlings are bred in July, transplanted in August and eaten in September.

Celery can also be planted in July, but it is not effective to plant it directly after germination in a cool, low-temperature and humid place.

Beans: July is a good time to plant summer cowpea, with high yield, easy survival and easy management.

Eggplant: All kinds of tomatoes, eggplants, okra and peppers can be re-sown. Pepper can be covered with sunshade net to raise seedlings.

Melons: You can sow a batch of bitter gourd, towel gourd, heat-resistant cucumber, gourd, watermelon and melon in mid-July and eat them in autumn. You should choose varieties with heat resistance, disease resistance, short growth period and good quality, such as yellow pulp watermelon. The growth period is more than 60 days, and it takes about 26 days from flowering to maturity.

Rootstock: Some southern vegetable friends like to eat radishes. In July, they can choose heat-resistant white radish varieties, and they can plant asparagus.

April to September is the best planting season for asparagus in South China. Asparagus seeds have hard shells. Under normal planting conditions, they are most likely to emerge in summer. Pay attention to soak the seeds for a few days before sowing. Once planted, asparagus can be picked for 15 years, and the high-yield years also reach 12 years and 13 years.

Vegetables Suitable for Planting in North China in July and August

Lycium barbarum seedlings

Lycium barbarum seedlings, also called beets and Lycium barbarum tips, are suitable for planting in August. Chinese medicine believes that Lycium barbarum seedlings are cool, sweet and bitter, and have the functions of clearing away heat, nourishing yin and improving eyesight. It is suitable for treating fever due to yin deficiency, thirst, hand and foot fever, liver and kidney deficiency, dry eyes, toothache due to deficiency of fire, etc.

carrot

Carrots are delicate in meat, crisp and tender in texture, especially sweet, and rich in carotene, vitamin C and B vitamins, so they are called "Little Ginseng". Carrots have five functions, which can not only resist aging and moisturize the skin, but also lower cholesterol and prevent and treat hypertension. This vegetable is suitable for planting in August.

aubergine

Summer is the season for eggplant to come on the market. Do you know the efficacy of eggplant? The purple skin of eggplant is rich in vitamins, which is incomparable to other vegetables. Among them, vitamins have the functions of increasing capillary elasticity and improving microcirculation, and have certain preventive effects on patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis and scurvy. The special substances contained in eggplant fiber have the function of lowering cholesterol.

loofah

Luffa is a home-cooked dish on people's table, especially in summer. Now is the season when loofah is on the market, and the price is relatively cheap. Planting in August is especially suitable. Luffa is sweet and cool, enters the liver and stomach meridians, and has the functions of relieving summer heat, cooling blood, detoxicating and relaxing bowels, expelling wind and resolving phlegm, moistening skin and beautifying, dredging meridians, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. In addition, Luffa also contains B vitamins to prevent skin aging and vitamin C to whiten skin, which can protect skin, eliminate plaque and make skin white and tender. It is a rare beauty product, so it is called "beauty water".

pumpkin

Pumpkin, also known as wheat melon, pumpkin, pumpkin and golden wax gourd, is planted all over China and is one of the main vegetables in summer. Pumpkin has complete nutrients and high nutritional value. The contents of vitamin C and glucose in young pumpkins are richer than those in old pumpkins. Old pumpkins are rich in calcium, iron and carotene. Eating pumpkin regularly can make the stool smooth and the skin plump, especially for women, which has a cosmetic effect. Zhang Zhidong, a famous minister in Qing Dynasty, once suggested that Empress Dowager Cixi eat more pumpkins.

corn

There are many kinds of vegetables in summer, among which corn is eaten by every household. Corn is rich in cellulose, which can not only stimulate gastrointestinal peristalsis and prevent constipation, but also promote cholesterol metabolism and accelerate the excretion of intestinal endotoxin. Corn oil extracted from corn germ contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acids, of which linoleic acid accounts for 60%, which can remove harmful cholesterol from blood and prevent arteriosclerosis. Corn also contains lysine and trace element selenium, and its antioxidant effect is beneficial to prevent tumors. At the same time, corn is also rich in vitamins B 1, B2, B6 and so on. It has the functions of protecting nerve conduction and gastrointestinal function, preventing beriberi and myocarditis, and keeping skin healthy.

Bitter bamboo shoots

Chinese medicine believes that bitter bamboo shoots are sweet, cool but not cold, and have the effects of relieving summer heat and detoxifying, losing weight and fitness, strengthening stomach and promoting digestion. Bitter bamboo shoots are delicious food on the summer table. People usually use bitter bamboo shoots, ribs and pickles to make a pot of bitter bamboo shoots, which tastes bitter and delicious and has endless aftertaste.

zucchini

Jiegua, also known as Maogua. Both the old melon and the tender melon can be eaten. It is a kind of melon with rich nutrition and delicious taste, which is suitable for cooking and making soup. The tender melon meat is smooth and light, so it is better to cook with tender melon, and it can also be used as tea for relieving summer heat. In Hong Kong, tender melons with fresh and wet petals are regarded as high-grade vegetables. It also has the effects of clearing away heat, relieving summer heat, detoxicating, diuresis and detumescence, and is an ideal vegetable in hot summer.