Pumpkin Shortage.

Farmers say there will be a shortage of pumpkins for this Halloween because of the bad weather

They say that there with be a 20% shortage as the weather has caused them to be delayed in their growth. Lincolnshire pumpkin growers are racing against time to get the crops harvested before the winter frost comes. Around 40% of the pumpkins at David Bowman Pumpkins, which is Europe's largest producer of them, are still green due to the cold summer. "It's terrible, pumpkins don't like the wet and cold and that's what we've had all summer," said Mr Bowman, whose farm normally produces two million a year, around three quarters of the British crop.

 

"By now the pumpkins should be orange but they are still green and in the growing stages". Because, prices for the successful pumpkins would most likely rise and the shops could sell early. The harvest normally starts on the 1st of September but it was delayed to the 10th.  Luckily some of the pumpkins were reasonably coloured and are being sheltered inside so they can ripen.