Fri Oct 24, 2014 10:01 am
#89755
Not good, i've known this for a while based on the commercial growers & what i've seen in the fields..
There has been severe seed failure which resulted in flip of the coin seed drilling to re-plant in time or not type gambles.
for instance, one row will be fine, second will be really mediocre, third row "dead" ..failure to grow.
Despite lots of testing there has been no conclusion drawn as to the reason behind it.
Therefore get them while you can, premium prices abound, large (were, £3.00 ) pumpkins now £7+ at the farmers gate.
Demand is screaming from the supermarkets, due to the poor use of storage (insisted upon by the likes of tesco) & short to non-existent stems speeding the rot, avoidance of supermarkets recommended.
Picking in my region only started last friday, many sores have had their stocks in for a while.... good luck with that.
Anyway, felt I ought to let you all know in case some are wavering, seek em out, claim them, because I only saw around 20 crates compared to the normal 100 or so.
Cheers & bye.
There has been severe seed failure which resulted in flip of the coin seed drilling to re-plant in time or not type gambles.
for instance, one row will be fine, second will be really mediocre, third row "dead" ..failure to grow.
Despite lots of testing there has been no conclusion drawn as to the reason behind it.
Therefore get them while you can, premium prices abound, large (were, £3.00 ) pumpkins now £7+ at the farmers gate.
Demand is screaming from the supermarkets, due to the poor use of storage (insisted upon by the likes of tesco) & short to non-existent stems speeding the rot, avoidance of supermarkets recommended.
Picking in my region only started last friday, many sores have had their stocks in for a while.... good luck with that.
Anyway, felt I ought to let you all know in case some are wavering, seek em out, claim them, because I only saw around 20 crates compared to the normal 100 or so.
Cheers & bye.
Last edited by GUS on Tue Aug 25, 2015 1:33 pm, edited 1 time in total.
No, i'm not back.
(unlike Jonny)
(unlike Jonny)