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New products at Dobies

by Sarah - April 26th, 2010.
Filed under: Dobies, New Products.

New products added today at Dobies

Biosnacky Germinator
Biosnacky Germinator £9.95
Start harvesting fresh vegetables in as little as 7 days! From sprouting seeds to curly cress this brilliant indoor germinator will provide you with all year round supplies of vegetables from your own kitchen windowsill. Follow the simple instructions and discover how much fun it is to cultivate fresh crunchy shoots and sprouts, which are a great source of vitamins and minerals. The germinator is made of clear acrylic for extra safety with multiple tiers you can grow three different crops simultaneously. Diameter 20.5cm (8″); Height 16cm (6¼”).

Potato All Season Taster Collection Pack of 30 Tubers (10 of each variety)
Potato All Season Taster Collection Pack of 30 Tubers (10 of each variety) £8.75
This collection comprises 10 tubers each of 3 tasty varieties that will provide you with tasty potatoes for the whole season. An early crop of Accord (First Early) – A high-yielding early variety, producing a good crop of attractive, uniformly-shaped, oval tubers, with bright creamy-white skins and tasty creamy-white flesh. Good resistance to common and powdery scab; Maxine (Second Early) – Beautiful round, smooth rosy red tubers that are very popular with exhibitors. The white flesh is firm and waxy and boils and bakes well. Flavour is excellent; and finishing up with Valor (Maincrop) – One of the latest maincrops to mature but well worth the wait. Valor gives an excellent yield of large creamy white tubers that store well. Tubers have a dry firm texture and are good for baking and boiling. A vigorous grower with excellent all round disease resistance. All 3 are ideal for container or garden growing. Our seed potatoes are inspected by the relevant certifying authority and that number is featured on the bag labels (within riddle size 30mm x 60mm). This eliminates over-large and very small potatoes. IMPORTANT – Immediately upon arrival unpack your seed Potatoes and keep them in trays in a light, airy, frost free place to sprout prior to planting in March/April. Planting – depth 10cm (4″); Spacing in row – 30cm (12″); Width between rows – 60-70cm (24-28″). Soil should be well-worked and rich in humus (farm-yard manure or garden compost). Earth up two to three times as the top grows, to avoid green tubers. Feed with a balanced fertiliser and always keep your potatoes watered well during dry periods to ensure a good crop. In PATIO CONTAINERS/GROW BAGS: Try Lady Christl, Maxine, Winston or most early varieties. We recommend one tuber to a 20 litre pot. In grow bags, reduce length by a third to give more depth and plant 2 tubers to a bag. If growing this way, the compost will need to be well watered. If any potatoes come to the surface, cover with more compost or black plastic to prevent the tubers turning green. 14-21 days ORDER DESPATCH – Potatoes are sent separately from your seed order and will be despatched from December onwards, weather permitting. Please note that we monitor weather conditions daily during critical periods and do not despatch when frosty conditions are forecast. 3kg pack will be enough to plant a 10-12m row. HEALTH BENEFITS: A good source of vitamin C (Anti-ageing, wound healing, decreasing blood cholesterol and prevention of infections. Assists the body in absorbing iron) and Potassium (Regulates heart rhythm, nerve impulses and muscle function), protein and fibre.
Flow-Through Brush Washer with FREE Jet Broom
Flow-Through Brush Washer with FREE Jet Broom £19.95
Telescopic Flow-through Brush Washer – Make short work of cleaning conservatories, greenhouses, high windows and high vehicles with our extending brush washer. It has a large, dual-angled head with super-soft bristles that will clean thoroughly without scratching, and a ‘squeegee’ blade for removing excess water. The sturdy 2-piece aluminium handle extends to an impressive 2.4m (8′) for easy-reaching, and has soft foam hand grips, a valve to control water flow, and a male universal hose connector. FREE Jet Broom – Why simply brush up when you can wash and brush up at the same time? The Jet Broom simply attaches to any garden hose, to clean away dirt stains and wash between cracks. It has a rust-proof aluminium handle with comfortable foam-cushion grip, and a convenient on/off control valve to adjust water volume. Complete with male hose attachments. Overall length approximately 1.5m (6′).
Blight Testing Kit
Blight Testing Kit £9.99
This brand new product has been developed to detect the earliest signs of potato blight and tomato blight. The problem with blight is that it takes a long time to show visible signs on the leaves that your plant has the disease. With this fantastic kit you can detect blight almost as soon as the leaves start emerging and treat with Fruit and Vegetable Disease Control in order to save a crop. Even if you don’t want to use chemicals in your garden then this test is also useful, providing you with an early warning so you can crop early.
Patio Potato Growing Kit (Late Season)
Patio Potato Growing Kit (Late Season) £25.95
Grow a bumper crop of potatoes – even on a patio! These buckets are the perfect size (Height 40cm; diameter 40cm), shape and colour (absorbing the sun’s heat) to quickly produce a really heavy crop. Plant 3 tubers near the bottom and keep topping up the compost as they grow, then simply tip them out at the end of the season.We’ve also selected three varieties of potato tubers for growing in then – they’ve been stored at a precise low temperature to keep them dormant until they are sent to you in July/early August. Plant them straight away (all you need to provide is the compost) and you can look forward to a tasty harvest from October onwards. Full growing instructions provided.Delicious new potatoes to pick fresh from your patio from October to Christmas! Maris Peer – A reliable and well known favourite yielding mellow-tasting round white tubers. Eat them warm or save and use in salads as they will not discolour after cooking. Resistant to scab, which can be a problem in late summer.Carlingford – The most popular and widely grown ‘second cropper’. Carlingford performs reliably from late plantings giving good yields of round, smooth-skinned creamy-white fleshed tubers. Delicious boiled, for that ‘new potato’ taste.Bambino – A high yielding variety that shows good all-round disease resistance, making it ideal for those who prefer not to use chemicals in the garden. The tubers are round, medium-sized, with creamy-white, very tasty flesh. Full growing instructions included. July-August
Tomato Hundreds and Thousands Plant Kit Tomato Kit - 1 Planter + 3 Tomato Plants
Tomato Hundreds and Thousands Plant Kit Tomato Kit – 1 Planter + 3 Tomato Plants £9.99
The Dobies Hundreds & Thousands Tomato Kit: 3 x Hundreds & Thousands Tomato Plants plus planter and full instructions – £9.99. Or get 3 complete kits for £14.95 – that’s less than half price.Love the taste of sweet cherry tomatoes?Our Hundreds & Thousands tomatoes create a cascading bush which grows beautifully outdoors and bears a massive crop of sweet cherry tomatoes.In our own trials each plant produced between 1,756 and 2,132 fruit during a season. And these are tasty tomatoes too. Voted Best Buy for taste and crop yield by Which? Gardening.This variety is easy to grow. Just fill the planter with compost and plant your tomato plants. Keep them well fed and watered – they need it. Then you will literally be picking hundreds of small, sweet cherry tomatoes from June to first frosts. Perfect for containers.Your kit consists of a flexible plastic planter with drainage holes and 3 x Dobies Hundreds & Thousands tomato plants. Full growing instructions included. May
Sunrise Potato - Mid Season Buy 2 x 1kg Packs & Get 1 FREE - SAVE £5.95!
Sunrise Potato – Mid Season Buy 2 x 1kg Packs & Get 1 FREE – SAVE £5.95! £11.90
BUY 2 x 1kg PACKS & GET 1 FREE!If you are worried about dry gardens this summer, this is the potato for you…Sunrise is drought tolerant and will still produce a fantastic crop of pink-eyed potatoes even if water isn’t abundant.Kids love this variety as it has such a lovely pink colour.When baked, Sunrise produces a fantastic flavoured potato with interesting skin colour, perfect for a summer lunch!If you are looking for a potato to mash or bake then Sunrise is one to try. Classed as a second early it’s ready to harvest from late July. We tried it last autumn in the breeders kitchen and loved the nutty flavour! Good scab resistance and does particularly well in hot weather. Skin Colour – Light yellow. Flesh Colour – Light yellow. Uses – steam, mash, chips, saute, baked and roast. Full growing instructions included. April/May
Bedding Plant Special Offer Pack Pack of 195 Plants - SAVE £16.80!
Bedding Plant Special Offer Pack Pack of 195 Plants – SAVE £16.80! £16.95
135 Busy Lizzies, 20 Petunias, 20 Geraniums & 20 Gazanias – all supplied as young plants – for a stunning £16.95, save £16.80. LIMITED STOCKS.Here’s how you can fill your garden with colour this summer.The Dobies Summer Superpack contains our most popular varieties and is perfect for filling borders, beds and tubs. In weeks you will fill your garden with colour. And it is about the best deal you will find anywhere for high quality bedding plants.Impatiens (Busy Lizzie) Dobies Dream Mixed F1 – Busy Lizzies have possibly the best flowering performance of any annual. Good mix of colours right through summer until autumn frosts. Flourish in sun or shade. Grow to 20cm (8″) tall. Plant 36 plants per sq. yard for clusters or use in tubs/baskets. Pack of 135 plants.Gazania Daybreak – Exotic sun-loving blooms perfect for a sunny spot. Gazania opens her petals to her fullest glory as light intensity peaks during the day. Large blooms of gold, orange, bronze, pink & rose above glossy green foliage. Half hardy annual. Grows to 23-30cm (9-12″), spacing 20cm (8″). Pack of 20 plants.Geranium Cabaret – Compact, bushy variety perfect for summer bedding or patio planters. All the traditional geranium colours, many with attractive zoned leaves. Grows to 30cm (12″) in height; spacing 30cm (12″). Pack of 20 plants.Petunia Pirouette Mixed – Weather-resistant, richly coloured, beautifully ruffled double blooms. Award of Garden Merit winner. Grows to 30cm (12″) in height, spacing 30cm (12″). Grow in tubs/baskets or in an eye-catching cluster in a border. Pack of 20 plants. Full growing instructions included. Early May
Tomato Hundreds and Thousands Plant Kit 3 Tomato Kits: 3 Planters + 9 Tomato Plants - ONLY £14.95!
Tomato Hundreds and Thousands Plant Kit 3 Tomato Kits: 3 Planters + 9 Tomato Plants – ONLY £14.95! £14.95
The Dobies Hundreds & Thousands Tomato Kit: 3 x Hundreds & Thousands Tomato Plants plus planter and full instructions – £9.99. Or get 3 complete kits for £14.95 – that’s less than half price.Love the taste of sweet cherry tomatoes?Our Hundreds & Thousands tomatoes create a cascading bush which grows beautifully outdoors and bears a massive crop of sweet cherry tomatoes.In our own trials each plant produced between 1,756 and 2,132 fruit during a season. And these are tasty tomatoes too. Voted Best Buy for taste and crop yield by Which? Gardening.This variety is easy to grow. Just fill the planter with compost and plant your tomato plants. Keep them well fed and watered – they need it. Then you will literally be picking hundreds of small, sweet cherry tomatoes from June to first frosts. Perfect for containers.Your kit consists of a flexible plastic planter with drainage holes and 3 x Dobies Hundreds & Thousands tomato plants. Full growing instructions included. May
Begonia Lucky Dip Pack of 32 Pot Ready Plants (16 of each variety) - ONLY £9.95!
Begonia Lucky Dip Pack of 32 Pot Ready Plants (16 of each variety) – ONLY £9.95! £9.95
WEBSITE EXCLUSIVEYou’ll love these fine tuberous begonias, so easy to grow and so popular. Quick to blossom and one of the most reliable garden performers, they will assure you of a continuous parade of gorgeous sparkling colour for your garden and planters all summer long. Then as the autumn frosts arrive, you can overwinter them in a frost-free place and start all over again next year! Once established they require minimum maintenance. This lucky dip will provide you with 32 superior begonia plants at a fraction of the normal price, giving you a touch of elegance for your beds and borders at a bargain price.Pack of 32 Mixed Begonia Pot Ready Plants (16 each of the varieties Parisienne and Fortune) – ONLY £9.95! Full growing instructions included. Early May