The Early Girl tomato is a medium sized globe-type F1 Hybrid popular with home gardeners because of its early ripening fruit. Early Girl is a cultivar of tomato with indeterminate growth, which means it produces flowers and fruit until it is killed by frost or another external factor.
Planting Information:
When and Where to Plant: For early crop start seeds indoors in pots or flats 5-7 weeks before planting outdoors. Place in sunny location, keeping soil moist and warm. Transplant outdoors when 5-10 in./13-25 cm. tall after the danger of frost is passed. For later crop sow sparingly directly into garden, in sunny location, after weather and soil are warm. Cultivate, apply vegetable food and firm over seed.
Care: Stake or cage to save space. Water deeply when dry and feed monthly.
Harvesting: Pick gently when color is fully developed.
Germination Time: 8 - 14 Days (Indoors), 14 - 18 Days (Outdoors)
Days to Maturity: 65 - 80 Days (Indoor), 95 - 120 Days (Outdoors)
Planting Depth: 1/4 in. (Indoor), 1/2 in. (Outdoors)
Seed Spacing: 1/2 in. (Indoor), 6 in. (Outdoors)
Spacing Between Rows: 2 in. - 3 in. (Indoor), 3ft - 4ft (Outdoors)
Space After Thinning: 3 in. (Indoor), 24 in. - 48 in. (Outdoors)
Light Requirements: Full Sun