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Drought Shrinks England’s Pumpkin Harvest, Creating Halloween Shortage
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Story summary
- England faces a Halloween pumpkin shortage because drought shrank the harvest.
- Farmers have struggled to irrigate crops during the year-long punishing drought.
- Riverford founder Guy Singh-Watson said the hot, dry summer made pumpkins unusually small.
- RHS chief horticulturalist Guy Barter warned pumpkins stay small unless heavily watered.
- Barter added drought forced early ripening but produced hard skins suitable for storage.