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Tesco has offered to help a Lincolnshire grower sell half a million cauliflower鈥檚 which weren鈥檛 ready in time for the traditional Christmas rush.

TH Clements, based near Spalding, was left with the huge surplus following some of the worst growing conditions for years.

海角视频 supermarkets were left importing cauliflowers from France and Spain to meet festive demand, after mild nights in August and September delayed British growth.

The veg, which are finally being harvested, will be sold for 49p each instead of the regular 79p price for the next two weeks.

Richard Mowbray, commercial director at TH Clements, told PA News: 鈥淲e had some of the worst growing conditions for many years and it鈥檚 hit us really hard as we missed out on the big Christmas market.

鈥淭he cauliflower is a cool weather vegetable and the season started badly in August and September as we didn鈥檛 get any cold nights, which are important for growth.

鈥淭he plants did not flower at the right time, which is the end of October and beginning of November.

鈥淚nstead they started flowering in December meaning they were a month behind schedule.

鈥淣ow we have a large surplus of cauliflowers and some of these would be going to waste had Tesco not stepped in to help.鈥�

Tesco produce buying manager Sam Miller said: 鈥淐auliflower is one of the festive vegetables that is extremely popular with Christmas dinner and as a result we order much more for December.

鈥淏ack in November we heard that our suppliers were not going to be able to meet our orders as a result of the crop failure causing severe issues across the whole 海角视频 market.

鈥淏ut the good news is that a bumper crop of British cauliflowers are now ready to go, and we were delighted to help make sure they don鈥檛 go to waste.鈥�