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Early Girl

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Early Girl

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

  • Full sun
  • Zones 10–11
  • 60 days to maturity
  • Vegetables
  • 24" spacing
  • High water
  • pH 6–6.8
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  • Overview

    A longtime early favorite, Early Girl produces heavy yields of full-flavored, 4-6 oz. tomatoes. One of the first varieties to ripen each year. Also prized for its performance as a "dry-farmed" tomato, owing to its extreme tolerance to drought and blossom end rot. Indeterminate.

  • Planting

    Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost. Transplant when soil reaches 60°F and night temperatures stay above 50°F.

  • Growing

    Sun: full. Water: high. Soil pH: 6–6.8. Space plants 24" apart. Germination: 5-10.

  • Pests & diseases

    Common pests: Tomato hornworm, aphids, cutworms, spider mites. Common diseases: Early blight, late blight, bacterial speck, blossom end rot.