Nursery glasshouses blown out by ‘funnel cloud’ in Lincolnshire

Mr Roberts said he was “very lucky” the three glasshouses, which were interconnected, were almost empty as the firm was nearing the end of its growing season.

Other businesses had offered alternative spaces to continue with production, he said.

“We’re normally producing about 200,000 plugs a week during the main season. Fortunately, this would have been the last week of the season.

“Most of the orders had already gone and the last few that were due to go out were in houses that was unaffected by the damage. So from that point of view, we got away lightly.”