I feel ya, brother. Fusarium hit me hard this year, as well as virus (looked like curly top). Even some of the fusarium tolerant hybrids, Carnival in particular, were knocked out early.
I think spring lasted about two weeks this year--and the wind blew 30 mph that whole time. Since then it's been nothing but extreme heat. The forecast shows some lower temps for the next week (lower 90's), so I'm hoping for a situation like last year when spring was awful but summer wasn't too bad.
After setting out 30 plants, I have about 22 left, with about 15 of those looking really healthy. I'm not going to complain about the losses, but view it as extra room for fall planting. For some reason healthy new transplants seem to do well for me planted in mid-summer, having much less disease and insect problems than the spring garden.
Jason
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