Correct me if I'm wrong, your not far from the dragon? My suggestion is go up in altitude just a bit! LOL always love the upper altitudes but the grow time is shorten but still August is more then achieveable of late.
The photos you're referring to are from my test plot. It's really close to home so I can check it more easily, but it's lower in altitude than the others. All of the other 3 are on mountain tops. If last update is any indication, I'd say all three are doing pretty well right now.
I still have 1 more plot that I've never checked since I planted it. It's a pretty quick in-and-out, I just have to get a few hours together to be able to make it out there. I've checked my biggest plot (9 plants) periodically and I know it's doing really, really well. You can see the photos a few pages back.
Thanks for your input.