Favorite Variety of Tomato?

[Chuck]

Remember, even with the door open, a greenhouse (where most UK tomatoes are grown) on a sunny day can easily reach similar temps. We use greenhouse shading, or horticultural fleece, and the supermarkets in UK import a huge number of tomatoes from Spain, where temperatures are not so different to yours.
I am thinking that if you tried to grow your favourite tomatoes the UK way, you'd meet with some success.
If you want to try, I will teach you.
Best get yer skates on.

I'm sure you have seen some pics of my garden. I have tried before to use shade cloths and during the spring we always have severe thunder storms with high winds and many times hail which makes growing tomatoes a gamble to start with. My shade cloths ended up in the trees. Plus, tomatoes set fruit at night not in the daytime no matter what the daytime temp is. The nighttime temps are what is crucial which is why areas of Spain, Morocco, parts of Mexico and Florida are so successful growing them. Their nighttime temps stay in the high 60's - low 70's and then get hot in the afternoons. If I only had a 1/4 acre temperature controlled greenhouse......................... gotta go get my lotto ticket

 

[fuumarumota]

I love cherry variant of tomato. They're delicious and I like the fact that i can have them "dwarfed" in pots. Just go and pick some for my salad. So easy .

 

[headfullofbees]

I'm sure you have seen some pics of my garden. I have tried before to use shade cloths and during the spring we always have severe thunder storms with high winds and many times hail which makes growing tomatoes a gamble to start with. My shade cloths ended up in the trees. Plus, tomatoes set fruit at night not in the daytime no matter what the daytime temp is. The nighttime temps are what is crucial which is why areas of Spain, Morocco, parts of Mexico and Florida are so successful growing them. Their nighttime temps stay in the high 60's - low 70's and then get hot in the afternoons. If I only had a 1/4 acre temperature controlled greenhouse......................... gotta go get my lotto ticket

My allotment is windy.
What I did last year was to grow my pole beans close to my outdoor tomatoes to provide a wind-break for them.
This meant anchoring the frame solidly, so they took all the prevalent winds, but it was easy enough and quite successful.
Insect netting can be used to provide shade whilst wind more or less blows through.
Problems can be overcome.