It was a tough start for the strawberries this season, but the hope is not out.
This is how strawberry grower Ingemar Brandt in Hedemora describes the situation.
If the heat continues, the midsummer harvest will be better than expected.
- As it looks right now, there will be strawberries to eat on the midsummer table, but the big harvest will be more in July.
And it all depends on the weather, he says.
Gives longer season
Since the spring has been cold, mainly strawberries growing in uncovered heavier clay soils have been delayed, while the old men in covered soils arrive at about the same time as other years.
- This means that the season will be longer because they mature at different times.
Since midsummer is late this year, it looks promising, says Tomas Tillman, who has a six-hectare strawberry farm in Grangärde in Ludvika municipality.
See when SVT's reporter reports directly from the strawberry country in Morgonstudion.