Tunnel Staging advice please

[moreteavicar]

New to this.
I have a tunnel which will have three beds, one each side and one in middle.
Tunnel runs N/S and is 8mx5m.
I want some staging mainly for raising plants and also a small work area.
My question is where do you think I should position the staging?
Could I get away with growing any thing in bed under the staging?
How many levels of staging?

[Baldy]

My greenhouse at home has staging about 4 foot above the beds along the side. Toms do fine underneath - they generally end up taking over... If you put too much staging up over the bed I guess it will have an impact by reducing the light that gets down to the bed.

[veggiechicken]

Have a look at some of Small pumpkin and other PT owner's photos in https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...9-a_98352.html for ideas.
I have staging with removable tops in my GH. I start seeds on in spring but remove it later in the year to grow tomatoes beneath.

[MarkPelican]

My Tunnel is only 20ft by 10ft but I've put staging (made from old pallets) across one end (I can reach most of it without stepping on the soil. I grow bush tomatoes on top of it in the summer (after the seeds have all been planted out).

Rather than other staging, I hang pots (MFBs) from the support rods down the sides and grow strawberries in them. Don't get a huge crop and they need regular watering but they're earlier than outside ones.

[nickdub]

If you can find some cheap, aluminum, fold-up picnic tables they do a job and can be left free standing then moved as and when - you don't want anything which is going to be troubled by the damp obviously - a wanted ad on Freecycle might be a start.

[SimpleSimon]

If it's n/s then you want the staging at the north end so you don't shade anything.