Outdoor tomatoes - best aspect?

[greyhound]

Already thinking about next year’s tomatoes.  Currently all my toms are grown in containers in south-facing positions.  I would like to use the west side of the garden as well, but east-facing is obviously not so good.  Will they be happy enough there, do you think?  They will have a brick wall behind them and will be sheltered from the earliest sun of the day by tall trees opposite.

[greyhound]

[Robert_Brenchley]

Mine are all in full sun, so I can't answer that one!

[Curryandchips]

It may be worth risking a few, spreading your bets, so to speak. Bear in mind that some of the tomatoes grown in these little plastic green 'tents' get no direct sun.

[Hyacinth]

I note you're growing yours in containers, 'hound? I've about 8 in the open ground & 11 in containers (+ more in the g/house 8)) Although it's been an excellent year, I'm already shifting the container ones around to maximize the sun.....next year ALL outdoor ones will be in containers for this very reason....in my garden, given the shading from neighbouring trees, SW is going to be best for them.....and just think of the ground I'll free up for other veggies!

[greyhound]

Well, as nobody so far has recoiled in horror, I may give it a go ....

[tricia]

I have 6 outdoor tomato plants about a meter away from a high wall and facing west. They have thrived there and I am enjoying a bumper crop - even more so than last year when I had them placed facing due south. In my small walled garden I don't have much choice - it's one or the other, so next year they will be facing due south again. The plot is not overshadowed by anything except the wall in the early morning.

hth

Tricia

[Marymary]

Not too hot on my compass points but I have some toms in pots in very full sun & others in more shady places as well as the greenhouse.  The ones in shade have produced a good crop but have been slower to ripen which I consider to be a good thing as it extends the season & avoids too much of a glut.