Cool cucumbers buck the sales drop
Cucumber plants were one of the few Veg-2-Gro plants that increased their sales week on week as the buying of plants to grow at home dropped by almost 50% last week.
The 9cm potted cucumber plants from W D Smith grew sales by 140%. Tomatoes continued to be the most popular veg plants to grow with 15 lines in the Top 50.
The main highlights this week were:
- W D Smith Cucumber Pot 9cm was the highest climber, jumping 47 places to No 3.
- Quantil French Dwarf Bean Strips was the highest re-entry at No 23.
- Farplants Tomato Beefsteak Pomona F1 was the highest new entry at No 31.
- Quantil Runner Bean White Emergo Strips clung on to the top spot.
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