Well, at least I tried going through normal channels first

Today's moral: do not get angry at the screwdriver when it tells you it's the wrong tool for the job.

( We -- no, I -- have a plan. )

Garden update

First tomato! It's Legend by a nose, despite the fact that it's still only 12" tall and recovering from an early bout with Fusarium. Legend is the plant that tried to take over my garden bed and part of the driveway last year; apparently it can crank out tomatoes even when recuperating from a severe illness.

In two or three days the first Vorlon will come in, followed by its twin a day afterward. Most of the plants are loaded.

I yanked the expected (every year!) virus-infected summer squash plant, but it looks like the other two are true to type for White Egyptian. Even if I can't get any more plants going, I can at least do a seed increase with those two.

Everything else looks good; the beans are bravely producing in the midst of a thicket of sweet potato vines, which grew faster than expected and which have started to bloom. The basil is tremendous. The peppers are not only thriving, they're loaded with fruit, more than I can use. And one of the tomatillo triplets has finally started to set.

The tomato plants hit with Fusarium are indeed bouncing back, some faster than others; the worst hit (other than KBX, which I lost) seems to be Earl's Faux, but I think it'll survive. Black Krim is coming back very well, and Baylor Paste is right behind it. Legend is, as I said, small but putting out some good replacement foliage. Vorlon didn't notice the Fusarium at all.

So, same old report: Vorlon is trouncing everybody, and we're about to get buried in tomatoes.