I need to protect a lot of plants, including tomatoes, from our hot afternoon sun or they wilt just from the hot sun. My tomatoes always get full morning sun and then afternoon shade. Perhaps your afternoon sun is just too hot.

Three months maybe some, but not three weeks. If they are 40 years old you already have significant fade on them from ambient light and use in the kitchen, perhaps you are seeing shading zones now that they are removed and out of the kitchen. On the plus side, now is a perfect time to refinish them. The only damage from being outside would be moisture if they were rained on, and humidity expansion since they probably came out of an air conditioned home. Watch for cracks at the door panels.

Just saw this article today about another immune response to the vaccine, which causes blisters, very dangerous if not treated. We know so little about the immune system, and doctors often know little about immune responses to various things. I went to see a whole host of specialists for my rash but finally figured it out by myself. One thing for sure, these symptoms should not be ignored by doctors just because they're not sure what is causing them. They should be investigated. Do read this story, linked here. Thankfully the doctor of the woman featured did some research and outreach to try and find treatment for her, better than what would have happened if s/he had just said, "Oh it will go away" . . . or kept at the standard protocols and didn't realize that there were new developments. Having had some "atypical" responses to other medications, and my one serious but not life threatening reaction to the measles vaccine, I would say that one should err on the side of caution and monitor the situation closely with the help of a GOOD doctor. It's difficult sometimes to decide how seriously to take these minor annoyances because most of the time they just resolve on their own, except when they don't . . . I'm always paranoid I will ignore some skin cancer sign . . .but on the flip side I don't have the time or money to be running to the doctor for every little thing . . . https://www.yahoo.com/news/few-covid-vaccine-recipients-developed-133911410.html Edited to add that hubs had a recurring rash that he said he picked up "in the pool at college" which recurs whenever he spends time in a public pool. It looks like the "whole body" pictures of the Pityriasis. It comes and goes at other times too. Like I said, association is not causation, because I got my first Pityriasis outbreak in college and had never spent time in the pool there, although I did go to the hot steam sauna a couple of times which necessitated going into the locker room. But still, that's just the age I was, of the typical outbreak. It came and went with me having no idea why. I did not realize that it could occur later in life. I have not had a flare up again of it. I don't have a problem with our town's public pool or locker room so far, although I never frequented it a lot. Edited AGAIN to add that delving into the fine print of the whole article Nosoccermom posted, Pityriasis rosacea is also indicated as a possible side effect of taking omoprazole/Prilosec, which hubs has started taking for acid reflux. https://www.drugs.com/omeprazole.html Ah the mysteries of the immune system . . .

Generally stay away from any weed n feed products. If you want to kill weeds, use a dedicated herbicide. If you want to fertilize, use a dedicated fertilizer. Generally you do not want to do those at the same time, although September is a little tricky. The rule of thumb for fertilizer is to use it on Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving. The rule of thumb for herbicide is to use it in mid April and, if you really, really need it, again in mid September. Some people think that using a wnf product in September saves time and money, but the problem is the timing. If you fertilize first a couple weeks prior to using the herbicide, the weeds will be growing and healthy. Weeds dies best when they are healthy, so waiting a couple weeks after fertilizing is helpful. As for the preemergent, YES, NOW. The spring wild flowers are often the product of plants which germinate during fall rainy weather. If you can prevent them now, that will reduce the amount of weeds next spring.