‘Too big to fit in your mouth’: sunny spring delivers crop of ‘giant’ UK strawberries | Food & drink industry

UK farmers said that the sunny spring weather in the UK has provided “ideal” conditions for the production of strawberries so much that you “cannot fit it in your mouth.”

With nearly 20 years of experience, Partos Pinkos, Operations Manager at Summer Perry, “has not seen anything like that.” Strawberry that is harvested this month by the leading farms is Whoppers thanks to a mixture of a lot of sunlight and cold nights.

“We have had the darkest January and February since the 1970s, but then in March and April since 1910,” he said. “From March onwards, it was somewhat perfect for tunnel strawberry. Raspberries ranged between 10 % and 20 % larger.”

The berries that are grown on the company’s farm are sold in Color, West Sussex, by all adult retailers, and although the sizes differ, Pinkosz said that their strawberry plants resulted in the giant “50g” berries “that” cannot suit your mouth. ” However, the average is more modest 30G.

Nick Maraston, head of the British Industry Authority for farmers, confirmed the upcoming days of the (fruit) authority for strawberry lovers. He said: “We are witnessing a good size, shape and good appearance, and most of all, a really great flavor and sugar, which consumers want when they buy British strawberries.”

He added: “I am always a little bit warning from saying that strawberries are 20 % larger because there is an average involved and some crops will be a little smaller than others. But I think it will be fair to say that the sun’s rays are very gentle, and overnight temperatures overnight, they are ideal for the development of fruit.”

Pinkosz said that the quadruple berries in the tunnels of the summer berries were “more tasteful and reliable”, because the cold nights enabled the fruit to ripen slowly. “The more the fruits are slowed, the more time to expand cells and create the largest berries. What we see now is something that I have not seen before 19 years, and it is the largest berries constantly.

“It was an ideal start for the strawberry season for us … I really didn’t see that the harvest is constantly producing such large berries. Some of them have sorting – growing to the size of peaches or even kiwi fruits.”

The sunny spring, very dry, with The warmest beginning in MayI gave an abundance of early strawberries, eggplant and tomatoes at the beginning of May. But as dry conditions continue, there are fears that Britain is heading to a Drought this summer.

Marson said that the ghost of water shortage would be a cause of concern, especially for farmers in southeastern England. However, he said that the berries have grown using drip irrigation so that the water was used very little.

With Wimbledon approaching next month, tennis fans can be handled on juicy strawberry, The second year in a row After wet and dark conditions, the growth times last year slowed.