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Zoom Talks for 2022/2023
Our winter zoom talk series are now complete for this season. We started our programme of talks back in November and completed in early March. Sincere thanks to our speakers for volunteering their time and sharing their methods for growing including tips and hints for success. A big
thank you also to our members who attended. We hope you enjoyed the talks and gained some tips to help you in your garden this year. We are very encouraged to see member attendance increasing year on year. We now look forward to planning
a new Zoom Talks series for winter 2023/2024. If any member is interested in giving a talk, please get in touch with Raymond Higgins.
For any member who was unable to attend, the good news is we have now recorded all the talks and they are now available to view on our website library as a member only benefit...
• David Metcalfe on Growing Large Exhibition Onions
• Geoff Wilson on “Invading the root Zone”
• Adrian Read on the Commercial Side of Growing
• Simon Smith on Growing Parsnips for Exhibition
• Ian Simpson on Growing and Showing Peas
• David Thornton on fertilisers for the Kitchen Garden
• Mark Hall on Growing Beetroot
SURVEY THREE
Trial Red Onion Seed
We asked our members views on the free Trial Red Onion seeds provided with our Simply Vegetables (Autumn 2021 edition) . These seeds were provided by Medwyns of Anglesey.
Question 1
Did you grow the Trial Red Onion Seeds provide by Medwyns of Anglesey (37/222)
Yes 85% No 15%
Question 2
How was germination?
100% 50% Other
*Other ranged from 50% - 100% - Overall very good germination
Question 3
How do you rate this onion for eating?
4.15 Average rating out of 5
Question 4.
If you grew this onion for exhibition, how would you rate this onion for showing? 3.82 Average rating out of 5
Question 5
The onion has now been given its official name “Red Rover” Would you grow this onion again?
Yes 79% No 19%
Question 6
Any other feedback you wish to provide to the supplier?
Examples ...
• Best Red Onion I’ve ever grown • Got a first at local show
• The best red onion we have ever
grown. It carries the red colour all the way through. It tastes good, it’s very uniform in size, shape and colour. Proved very successful in that we won the special trophy in the National Championship 2022.
• Good onions despite a very tough growing season on an allotment where it was difficult to keep growing plants watered.
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