Chichester grower sees larger strawberries after 'perfect' spring
Mr Pinkosz said: "What we have observed this year is the perfect conditions to develop ideal berries, which are bigger, tastier, and with better shelf life."The Summer Berry Company has 300 acres of polytunnels, according to Mr Pinkosz.The company also has 62 acres of glasshouses for producing a winter crop of the fruit, and says it supplies most major UK retailers.Despite the bumper 2025 crop, Mr Pinkosz warned that climate change "potentially has a negative impact on growing fruit"."No fruit, in my experience, likes too hot conditions or too wet conditions," he said.The company has, however, designed new varieties of strawberry, which it hopes will allow it to keep producing berries in harsher conditions.
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