There is one thing I meant to mention - I have gotten over the shock of having both Root Knot Nematodes and Fusarium Wilt 3.
It is to the point of expecting to see the damage - not rainbows and unicorns holding shot guns
Those 17 tomato plants will most likely get planted out in our backyard that has a lot of clay. I have read that RKN doesn't like clay soils - who knows? It's either plant them in an area I can drag a hose to or get rid of them. I would rather give them some chance at living.
If I had known we have Fusarium race 3 in our soil, I would not have planted the spring garden. I did not know it was race 3 until after I started the 17 plants - five of which are Big Beef VFFNTA...they need one more F in them. The rainy season is over here, so maybe they will grow in the clay?
Next spring, I'm going to try some FFFN varieties - if they grow well, I'll gain interest in tomato gardening again. If not, maybe we can go back to fishing and other hobbies. It never hurts to learn something new.