It will depend on your budget as well as whether you want aluminium or wood. Quite a few suppliers also offer an installation service but you could also check around your locality for approved installers. Decide what you want structure and size wise and do a bit of research. There are also several threads on the forum which discuss Good and Bad GH's and suppliers so may be worth a trawl thru. Happy hunting
Sorry @m02098975ANocN3A I don't have a greenhouse - I just have one of the little polycarbonate ones. I have it attached to the wall, because they can be a bit iffy in the wind as well. It's sufficient for my and my girls. I only grow cherry toms
I used this company- they're Edinburgh way, so it could be worth looking there https://greenfingers.com/
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I’ve grown tomatoes outdoors in Glasgow 2 years in a row. I’d strongly recommend Sungold. Taste brilliant and great harvests. Grown against a south facing wall. Our back garden is pretty windy but they were unaffected. i tried a few beef steak varieties last year and while I got lots of huge green tomato’s blight destroyed them before I got to eat many.
I’m going to try some cherry varieties this year ☺️
I Live in the south of Glasgow. Last year I grew cherry cascade, yellow perfection and gardeners delight outdoors in pots. First tomato harvested on 5th July, last on 30th Sep. Constant supply in between and ended up with 4.77Kg in the freezer. This year I'm trying red alert, firecracker, orange honeycomb, limoncito, rosella, gardeners delight and shirley, all outdoors in pots. Seeds are being started this weekend, with a view to putting into final pots outdoors mid May.
Top tip from me, as soon as they start to ripen get them off the plant and in a brown paper bag indoors.
Last year was quite different from the usual though, in terms of conditions. If you're in a town garden, and well sheltered, you might get away with it in some years, but further out is a totally different prospect altogether
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Last year was quite different from the usual though, in terms of conditions. If you're in a town garden, and well sheltered, you might get away with it in some years, but further out is a totally different prospect altogether
I am in a town garden and position of pots gets sun from 07.00 to 18.30, so reasonably well set.
2021 was warm and drier than normal, but May - Sep was actually below average for sun.
There's really no chance of having them outside where I am, and getting a consistent crop, and I'm not at any great altitude - around 400 feet. The wind we get here in summer is bad enough even if it's drier, and warm enough overnight, at the appropriate times. I had a couple outside last year, only because I had no room, and it was a shame not to give them a go, but they were a commercial variety, and were small. I'd used the side shoots I nipped out earlier on, so it was easier to protect them. Last year was on record as the hottest, driest summer for decades in this part of the world, so I'm not sure where you've got your info re the sun. I can't ever remember, in my 60 odd years, anything hotter and drier. It was very, very unusual. Going more than a few days without rain isn't the norm. I wouldn't normally bother doing them outdoors. I learned the hard way
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
There's really no chance of having them outside where I am, and getting a consistent crop, and I'm not at any great altitude - around 400 feet. The wind we get here in summer is bad enough even if it's drier, and warm enough overnight, at the appropriate times. I had a couple outside last year, only because I had no room, and it was a shame not to give them a go, but they were a commercial variety, and were small. I'd used the side shoots I nipped out earlier on, so it was easier to protect them. Last year was on record as the hottest, driest summer for decades in this part of the world, so I'm not sure where you've got your info re the sun. I can't ever remember, in my 60 odd years, anything hotter and drier. It was very, very unusual. Going more than a few days without rain isn't the norm. I wouldn't normally bother doing them outdoors. I learned the hard way
Hottest, but not driest or sunniest, not even close.
Perhaps Glasgow City itself was different. I'm not sure I'd judge it by a French site though either. It doesn't mean there was no rain, but when we were being advised there could be problems with water supply and we should be careful with usage, it tells you something. That has never happened before in my lifetime. I've certainly never had to spend so much time inside in summer because of the weather being too hot. Usually by being too wet. Anyway, I'll leave it at that. I certainly won't be doing anything different with my tomatoes
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Quite a few suppliers also offer an installation service but you could also check around your locality for approved installers.
Decide what you want structure and size wise and do a bit of research. There are also several threads on the forum which discuss Good and Bad GH's and suppliers so may be worth a trawl thru.
Happy hunting
I used this company- they're Edinburgh way, so it could be worth looking there
https://greenfingers.com/
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I’d strongly recommend Sungold. Taste brilliant and great harvests. Grown against a south facing wall. Our back garden is pretty windy but they were unaffected.
i tried a few beef steak varieties last year and while I got lots of huge green tomato’s blight destroyed them before I got to eat many.
Top tip from me, as soon as they start to ripen get them off the plant and in a brown paper bag indoors.
If you're in a town garden, and well sheltered, you might get away with it in some years, but further out is a totally different prospect altogether
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
2021 was warm and drier than normal, but May - Sep was actually below average for sun.
Fingers crossed for this year!
I had a couple outside last year, only because I had no room, and it was a shame not to give them a go, but they were a commercial variety, and were small. I'd used the side shoots I nipped out earlier on, so it was easier to protect them.
Last year was on record as the hottest, driest summer for decades in this part of the world, so I'm not sure where you've got your info re the sun. I can't ever remember, in my 60 odd years, anything hotter and drier. It was very, very unusual. Going more than a few days without rain isn't the norm.
I wouldn't normally bother doing them outdoors. I learned the hard way
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.meteociel.fr/climatologie/obs_villes.php?code=3134&mois=9&annee=2021
I've certainly never had to spend so much time inside in summer because of the weather being too hot. Usually by being too wet.
Anyway, I'll leave it at that. I certainly won't be doing anything different with my tomatoes
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...