by matt walker » Wed Oct 09, 2013 4:07 pm
I've done all the west coast earlies I know of at this point. My favorite is Better Boy, but our climates are so different I'm not sure how well my experience will translate. Stupice, Early Girl, and Oregon Spring are the other big names in early varieties I see here, and of those I've had better luck with Stupice. Keep in mind I rarely see 70° all summer and our humidity is really, really low in summertime. Exactly the opposite of what tomatoes like, so you may have great luck with those earlies. Out here, if grown outside, "early" varieties won't ripen for me until almost October. It's just too cold and they don't produce until they are sure it's their last chance.