Field vegetables under rain threat
Asparagus fernsOngoing rainfall is threatening to curtail the asparagus season and disrupt the new potato and vining pea campaigns.
An annual asparagus festival in the Vale of Evesham scheduled for last weekend had to be cancelled due to a lack of asparagus. Cooler air temperatures and rain cooling soil temperatures has meant that asparagus crowns are not producing their spears yet.
According to the British Asparagus campaign, run on behalf of growers by Pam Lloyd PR, it could be another 10 days before peak volumes are reached and



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