‘Too big to fit in your mouth’: sunny spring delivers crop of ‘giant’ UK strawberries

Perfect' weather conditions produce berries that growers say are between 10% and 20% bigger than usual

The UK's sunny spring weather has provided perfect" conditions to produce strawberries so big you cannot fit them in your mouth", UK growers have said.

With nearly 20 years' experience, Bartosz Pinkosz, the operations director at the Summer Berry Company, has never seen anything like it". The strawberries being harvested this month by the leading grower are whoppers thanks to the combination of lots of sunshine and cool nights.