This is your Mater on Round Up... any Questions?

Well Manual Mater Maker followers, it was an "inside job."  Today I discovered that not too long ago the "Investor" sprayed Round Up at the base Cherry, Cranberry and Red's pots to kill the grass that was growing up around them.  They've been removed from the contamination zone to prevent further damage.  The aphids cannot be blamed any longer, they were simply escaping the poisoned grass below them.

Unbeknownst to him, Round Up cannot be sprayed ANYWHERE near growing tomatoes, much less right up under them.  Sadly, here's the result.

If you recall, I had Cranberry and Red earmarked for the prize since they sprouted the first tomatoes several days ahead of the competition.  As fate would have it, Cranberry and Red were sitting on the most grass, so they got the most over spray from the chemicals.  As you can see, my prize tomato is done. 

Cranberry and Red will be lucky to survive this setback.  (As will the Investor.)  I've given them lots of special treatment and am hopeful that they stay strong and pull through.  

Not all the mater's got hit, lucky for these four, they were sitting on pine straw and the mater murderer with his dark shadow and deadly wand passed them by.  These guys will keep fighting for team Manual Mater Maker.  The others would want it that way.  I do concede however, that my lead is gone, we'll be doing our best to simply keep up at this point.  I'm not loving that fact.

When life gives you dead tomatoes...  not sure what fun drink I can make with dead tomatoes?  I suppose I'll just drown my sorrows over a Mich Ultra - paid for by the Investor.

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