flowerbug
Garden Master
Just a thought @flowerbug, but I've had tremendously good luck with putting plants in an area that gets shade for part of the day when it's super hot. Even for crops like beans, tomatoes & peppers where you wouldn't think that would work. Last year I had Nicaraguan Black Turtle in a spot that was shady for part of the day, and they did just as well as the other black beans (Mitla and Hopi) that were in full sun all day. The only beans that I find a bit more picky about that are pole beans. They seem to be a bit more needy for sunlight hours, but I did grow Chester pole bean last year in a spot that was a bit shady and still got quite a good crop.
i'm mostly bringing them inside for just the really hot days because the Fort Portal Jade plants are the ones that seem to not like the extreme heat we get. the rest of the time i'll leave them outside. we have three nice days in the forecast so they're going back outside now for full sunshine all day and i'll put them back in the garage at night (mainly because i don't want the raccoons to mess with them).
they're doing ok so far, i just want them to actually get flowers and pods on them and actual finished beans in pods that are develoiped. i may see flowers soon as they're about a foot tall. if i can do some hand pollination i'm going to try that too.