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I have been sowing Red Alerts early for four years now and the outdoor harvest date really depends not so much on really early sowing date but warmth or not in April and May. A warm late spring brings early fruit, cool/damp ones and harvest may be late June to early July. Obviously also, the sooner you stop watering, the sooner they dry out and go into full ripening mode.
Clearly, you have to sow by mid to late February to get an early crop, but I have not seen a benefit of sowing in January vs February in terms of how early I have eaten fruit. Obviously, those with greenhouses or polytunnels may find different results if they get earlier warmth under protection….