Here is what I have right now.

Pink brandywine = 30 tomatoes, (harvested 1st one today)
Goliath = 25,
Beefmaster = 20
Cherokee purple = 2 x 15-20,
Black Krim = 12 tomatoes.

I live in North Central Washington and transplanted my plants between May 5th and 20th. I planted in raised beds that have new "soil" in them... the plants are growing well and production is just okay.

Like much of the country, we have had some crazy weather: hot and cold May, cool June and Hot (and windy) July. With the hot weather they have been watered every day.

Any thoughts on the production of my beefsteaks?
and how do you measure your beefsteak as being prolific?

Thanks,
Tom

Some folks do it by number of fruit, some by total weight of fruit produced for the season. some go so far as to weigh each individual fruit and calculate weight by size (small, med., large).

Over the years I have done all 3 many times but now days I tend to rate performance of a variety by what I call "proportional to the plant size/health" (for want of a better label). It's a stand back and evaluate the plant as a whole approach, a "just me" thing.

In other words if it is a good weather year and I have done my job well so that I have a healthy plant of good size then I expect to see fruit in various stages evenly distributed throughout the plant to call it prolific. If not then it is just average production or poor production depending on the number of fruit and how they are distributed on the plant.

I can't control the weather but I can compensate for it in many ways so my approach means I have to take into consideration my performance as a grower, something many fail to do. They'd rather lay any shortcomings off on the variety itself.

Dave

The idea to step back, look at the plant and see if it is producing like it should be producing (for the health of the plant) is a good one.

Tom