Positive vibes at California Spring Trials

Too dry, too cold, too wet, every state seems to have its own 'weather issues'. It remains a very important factor for growers, but in general, US growers seem to do good business. This is reflected in the results of the breeding companies. Many are still growing and sales are increasing.

The participating companies are pleased with the number of visitors, which seems to increase every year. This may have to do with the location of the companies, as they used to be more spread out in the past. This prevented some from visiting all the participating companies as it would be too time-consuming. Now though, the locations are closer to each other and one can easily visit all companies.

Individually, with colleagues, clients or in large organized groups. In different settings growers and plant buyers travel to California to visit the trials. It leads to a good flow of visitors with peaks during the day. However, every company has to deal with busy and slow days, depending on the location. Many visitors work their way south or north, so the companies exhibiting at these ends have had a busy weekend and expect busy final day(s). In turn, the days in between have been very busy for the ones located in the middle of the route.