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Tomato Lizziebell Seeds

The small plum orange fruits weigh between 16 - 17g each and have very good flavour.

The plants will need support. Best grown in the greenhouse, but can be used for planting outdoors later in the season.

Average Packet Contents :  10 Seeds

General Tomato Growing Tips for Plants with Cordon Habit.

A crop of Lizziebell tomatoes takes around 13 - 14 weeks from seed to first harvest, being one of the earliest to fruit. Although you can sow seed from as early as late December in a heated greenhouse, it is more usual to sow in a unheated greenhouse or on the kitchen windowsill in March / April for planting out April / May.

Sowing

• Sow the tomato seeds individually in cell trays, using a good quality seed compost. Lightly cover over and keep moist at a temperature of 18 degrees. Seedlings should start showing around 7 days if you have the right temperature.


• Prick out into 9cm pots once the seedlings are big enough.


• When the plants have reached 2 trues leaves, begin feeding weekly with a weak tomato feed.

Growing On

• Once the plants are 20cm tall, they can be planted in their final positions. Because tomatoes like the warmth you will always get a earlier and bigger crop from greenhouse grown plants.


• Greenhouse grown plants can be planted April onwards. Plants for outside should be hardened off, before planting out. Plant under cloches in early May, otherwise leave till June and plant out then. Again this will all depend on weather and risk of frost!


• Carry on feeding weekly. Increase the strength of the feed as the plant grows. We believe lack of feed is the main reason that people fail in growing a decent crop of tomatoes. The feed should include a balance of Nitrogen, Potassium and Phosphorus (NPK) and ideally should include Trace Elements as well.


• Being a cordon variety Tomato Lizziebell will need support as it grows. String can be used, tied firmly to a strong support wire above and tied loosely around the base of the plant. The plants are then twisted round the string as they grow. The direction of twisting doesn’t matter, but be consistent; otherwise you will untwist the ones you did earlier! Canes can be used, but be careful that heavily loaded plants may slide down unless tied securely. At the same time make sure you don’t strangle the plant stems.

Remember! Beware of frost - Lizziebell tomato plants are not hardy.