After a challenging winter, berry growers across South Canterbury are preparing for the busy holiday season. Some fear there might be shortages, others are confident they will have plenty to go around. … We are starting out on a really heavy and major crop of raspberries and strawberries. It looks very encouraging.”He said the orchard’s regular strawberry plant suppliers, in the North Island, were hit by flooding earlier this year, which affected availability. Malone added that they had been impacted by the “very wet” growing season in the North Island, which affected the availability of new strawberry plants nationwide.

Source: Stuff December 12, 2023 13:21 UTC