Fruit n Veg Growing Group
Meetings are held on the SECOND MONDAY of the month at 10am
Where we meet depends on what is agreed the month before, it could be the Valero Lounge, Olivers Nurseries or occasionally at a members gardens. We are not a too serious group and learn from each other.
We run a WhatsApp Group to keep in touch.
We have a yearly competition and have become quite a social group.
Anyone interested in joining us should contact Peter via the Blue Bird icon or just come along. Everyone had ideas and different knowledge which is great as we can all help each other, non of us are experts!
Have a look at our GALLERY section to see what members are growing.
For our 2024 growing competition we plan to an early cropping Cucumber Femspot F1.
We have visited the RHS Community Gardens, Hyde Hall, Colchester in the past.
2023 - Our competition winner for 2023 for the best Beetroot grown this year was Sally who was awarded the Master Crop Growers Trophy!
2020 - We had our New Year Lunch at the Ship Inn, Tiptree, Alan was the champ with the largest squash - he was awarded the ‘2019 Master Crop Grower’ shield. (click on the Gallery link) Sadly Alan has since passed away but he will not be forgotten.
This was the year members were handed seeds, some frozen. The truth came out regarding freezing seeds, at least Butternut Squash seeds, they all failed so lesson learnt! The seeds were taken from Butternut Squashes purchased from a local supermarket and grew very well!
2019 - Sally and Steves Veg were amazing and what about that leek? It was huge, I’m sure someone said they saw a supermarket receipt next to it!!
We had a stand at the U3A September meeting -
A great big thanks to SALLY STEVE and JOHN for sorting out our Slide Show and to RAY HARDISTY for providing the Banners and Flyers.