Summary
The UK's strawberry season is doing well this year due to warm days and cool nights making the fruit sweeter. Farmers expect a good harvest, although they are prepared for possible dry conditions with irrigation systems.
Key Facts
- Warm days and cool nights make strawberries sweeter by allowing them to use energy to produce natural sugars.
- The spring in the UK is one of the driest in over a century.
- Hugh Lowe Farms supplies strawberries to events like Wimbledon.
- Farmers use irrigation systems to manage effects of potential drought.
- Strawberry production has increased by 50 tonnes compared to last year at The Summer Berry Company.
- Climate change is making hot weather more common, affecting the farming of strawberries.
- BBC forecasts suggest good conditions for growing strawberries with sunshine and cool nights.
- Possible rain next weekend may help farmers face this dry spring.
