Pam and I had a great time in Denver. I didn't play golf, because I was recovering from a nerve injury. But I did get to walk the first few holes and watch the team. They placed third, so we won't be going to Portland for the nationals. We got to see Bert and Lisa and Tank, which was fun too.
But the tomatoes didn't have such a good time. I don't have any kind of automatic watering system. The containers were pretty dry when we got back Sunday night. The Early Girls and Big Boys were very wilted and slouching on the stakes. The Celebrities were also wilted and falling out of their cages. A very sad sight. A couple of the Celebs dropped small green fruit. They have all since recovered to one degree or another. All the blossoms have dried up and no new fruit has set in the past couple of weeks. It hasn't been that hot, so I don't think it's a problem of sterile pollen. I has been rather humid for a week or so. Maybe the pollen is clumping and won't pollinate. One of the Big Boys is having Blossom End Rot (BER) problems. All the fruits that were small when we were gone are showing BER. That's too bad, because I like the Big Boys best.
The Celebs are still looking rather haggered. They are semi-determinates, which I understand to mean that they will stay compact but produce until first frost. Looks like they may not make it to first frost.
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