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First Tomato of the Season - Bush Early Girl

        Short Season Tomato - Bush Early Girl Tomato Seeds

The hybrid Bush Early Girl Tomato is another great ultra-early tomato, harvesting in just 59 days! Compact, space-saving ultra-early tomato plants reliably produce abundant early yields. Extra-early and dependable tomatoes!

Bush Early Girl is always one of the first tomatoes of the season.
It's an extra-early tomato that matures in 59 days and continues to produce fruit all season.



The tomatoes have excellent flavor and grow on compact 3' tall space saving plants and always a favorite with home gardeners because of its early fruit ripening. Bush Early Girl tomatoes are larger and more flavorful than Early Girl. Check it out!

If you like the Bush Early Girl, make sure to also check out another ultra-early tomato, 
 the Glacier Tomato! The Glacier can harvest even earlier than the Bush Early Girl tomato. Read on...

Short Season Tomatoes - Glacier Tomato

Ultra-early & delicious Glacier Tomato, shown above, has outstanding flavor and has higher-than-average yields of reddish-orange tomatoes that start to be ready to be pick in just 56-63 days! Bonus: in addition to being an ultra-early tomato plant, it's also more cold-tolerant than other varieties. Great for growing in the north or in the mountains. 


Short Season Tomatoes, the Isis Candy Tomato

Growing the Isis Candy Tomato which starts to harvest in 67 days! Everyone's favorite to eat right in the garden!



Large Short Season Tomato: Berkeley Tie-Dye Tomato Seeds

Another great early tomato is the Berkeley Tie-Dye Tomato. This gorgeous beefsteak starts to ripen in just 65-75 days (compared to other beefsteaks which usually take around 80-90 days.)


Short Season Tomato: Black Prince from SandiaSeed.com

The Black Prince Tomato is another one of the first tomatoes of the season, ripening in 70 days.


Short Season Tomatoes: Chocolate Cherry Heirloom Tomato Seeds

Chocolate Cherry Tomato

These Cherry Tomato plants  produce some of the first tomatoes of the season, starting to ripen around 65 days,  and they continue to produce well the entire season. 




Short Season Tomato: Chef Tomato

Chef’s Choice F1 Orange Tomato
This early tomato is a hybrid derived from the popular heirloom Amana Orange which matures late in the season. Experience the amazing fla­vor of an orange heirloom tomato in only 75 days




Garden Peach Heirloom Tomatoes

Starting at 71 days, you can eat these delicious early tomatoes with their fuzzy skin – just like a peach! These early tomato plants produce mildly sweet 2-4 oz fruits that are fun to grow, and are fun to share!




Short Season Tomatoes - Fast Growing Tomatoes - Celebrity Tomato


Celebrity Tomato Seeds
 

Ultra-early tomato plants produce red, round, 8oz tomatoes starting in 65 days. Great disease resistance plus they resist cracking.


Short Season Tomatoes - How to Grow

For Ultra-Early Tomatoes, Start Tomato Seeds Indoors!
Starting tomato seeds indoors about 4-6+ weeks before the last frost helps get them growing before transplanting outdoors. You'd be surprised, but as they grow, transplanting them larger pots will help them continue to grow quickly – plants of the same age can be widely different in size if one tomato plant is kept in smaller pot and one is transplanted into a larger pot. Also, getting them into the ground once it's warmed up also helps kick-start their growing. Remove the bottom leaves, and bury the stems as deep as possible so they get a great root system – notice  all those bumps on the stem? Those are roots waiting to happen!). You can also use hoop houses or water-walls to keep your tomatoes warm during late spring cold spells and heat up the soil so they grow faster.

Do you get a lot of green tomatoes at the end of the season?
Grow these ultra-early tomato plants and you'll have more red tomatoes before the cold sets in come in the autumn. Check out our top favorite varieties of fast-growing short season tomato seeds, and find our fastest growing peppers »


Grow Short Season Tomatoes - avoid a ton of green tomatoes in the fall!

If winter arrives super-early and
you have to need to pick a lot of green tomatoes,
make Green Tomato Sauce


Find lots more of our favorite tomatoes »

 

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