A suspect boom in produce grown at home has been confirmed as vegetable seed sales rose 14 per cent last year and are forecast to go up six per cent this year.
Fears of a double-dip recession and rising food prices are fuelling a boom in kitchen garden vegetables with the industry is now worth about £60 million a year.
Waiting lists for allotments are 20 per cent in the past year, with 100,000 on waiting lists for a plot, according to the National Society for Allotment and Leisure Gardeners.
Camden council in North London said 883 people faced up to a 40-year wait for one of the borough's 195 allotments last year.
The Daily Mail reported seed producer Suttons said vegetable seeds account for 70 per cent of its sales, compared with 40 per cent five years ago.
Suttons best-selling seed this year was beetroot, followed by carrot, lettuce, spinach and tomato. And another seed firm, Thompson & Morgan, said it enjoyed record vegetable seed sales last year.
The phenomenon is being attributed to various overarching issues such as environmental concerns and the environment but many believe it is a pleasure of production.
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