First ripe tomatoes of the year

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Picked the first ripe tomatoes (Big Beef) of the year on Monday, 7/16. It is the earliest that I've gotten ripe tomatoes in several years. Last year we had a long, cool, wet spring with a frost on May 17th (avg. last frost May 10th). Consequently, I picked my first ripe tomatoes on August 4th. I kept track last year and picked a total of 683 tomatoes from 8/4 through 10/17 from my 6 plants. I'm going to do that again this year and I'm hoping to hit 800.