Solanum Lycopersicum 'Early Girl'
Tomato 'Early Girl'
Tomato 'Early Girl' is a large slicing type of tomato, with 6oz-8oz fruits. It is one of the first to fruit, and will keep fruiting to the first frosts.
Contributed by @Liliebell
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Rich and free draining
Common name
Tomato 'Early Girl'
Latin name
Solanum Lycopersicum 'Early Girl'
type
Fruiting Vine
family
Solanaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
Solanum Lycopersicum 'Early Girl'
Tomato 'Early Girl' is a large slicing type of tomato, with 6oz-8oz fruits. It is one of the first to fruit, and will keep fruiting to the first frosts.
Propagation by seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Grow from seed in early spring in heat, one seed per tray division, or pot. Fill 9cm (3½in) pot with seed or multipurpose compost.Level and firm the compost, then water. Sow seeds on the compost surface, spacing them evenly, about 1/2" apart, (to help prevent "damping off" disease). Cover the seed with a layer of vermiculite, or sifted soil or compost. Keep at approximately 21°C (70°F), ideally in a heated propagator, When seedlings are big enough to handle, plant out in to a greenhouse - at least 16" apart - or, although less satisfactory, to a sunny windowsill
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Plant tomato plants grown from seed into the greenhouse border, when they are big enough to handle, and when risk of frost has passed. For outdoor varieties, young tender plants need to be hardened off, gradually, first in a cold-frame, and then in the open, before planting into their permanent position.