Early Girls are rather bland and heat seems to do them in. BUT, I’m trying one I overwintered after it managed to survive last summer, this year in a pot in a partially shaded spot. So far, it’s doing ok. Best so far, possibly because I’ve pampered them the most(!), are the Golden Jubilees (new plants, this year), and they are beginning to produce. Ditto for a couple Romas I overwintered* in pots.
*It take a a LOT of light - ordinary grow bulbs don’t do the job well for me. Possibly radiated heat from the 10k lumen (claimed) shop light I eventually put up 2 ft., above the plants, did the trick, as the “overwintering” room gets pretty cool on really cold days.(?)
What kind of luck have you had with either Better Boy or Bodacious? Those are the varieties I’ve got in containers. The Bodacious did produce a couple of early tomatoes, but sadly, I lost them to blossom-end rot. The foliage itself, however, still looks good, and there are several new blossoms appearing, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
I think that all of OK’s recent extraordinarily heavy rain for weeks and weeks must have something to do with why some things that always grew in prior years have died, and others that never grew before are going crazy now. Mother Nature is a weird lady.