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New products at Dobies

by Sarah - August 9th, 2016.
Filed under: Dobies, New Products.

Over a hundred new items at Dobies

Begonia Plants - F1 President Mixed (45) Early May (2)

Begonia Plants – F1 President Mixed (45) Early May (2) £6.49
A good range of flower colours, some plants having fresh green leaves and others boasting deep bronze leaves. Height 20cm (8).

Grafted Tomato Plant - F1 Aviditas (1) P10 Early April (1)

Grafted Tomato Plant – F1 Aviditas (1) P10 Early April (1) £4.99
The best-flavoured tomato from our 2014 tomato trial of 206 varieties! A delectable mini plum variety, producing an abundance of fruit which can be harvested loose or as a full truss. The fruit average 15-20 grams and are very sweet, with good cracking tolerance.Grafted for up to 75% more yield and increased disease resistanceCordon variety – one stem grown by pinching off side-shoots as they appear, needs staking and tying in.Please note: There is a possibility that your plant will include a grafting clip, if it does, this is an integral part of the grafting process and that it should be left in place. As the plant grows it will naturally shrug off the clip.

Bumper Autumn Planting Onion/Garlic/Shallot Collection Worth 27.94 For Just 12.99

Bumper Autumn Planting Onion/Garlic/Shallot Collection Worth 27.94 For Just 12.99 £12.99
Six varieties for the kitchen garden – collection contains 1 pack each of the following varieties:Onion Electric – Produces outstanding quality, shiny, deep red semi-globe-shaped onions with excellent flavoured pink tinged flesh. Ideal for over wintering, plant in autumn-early winter for harvest May-June. 250g pack.Onion Radar – Our most popular over-wintered onion, producing superb pale-to-mid brown skinned onions from mid-July. Green bulbs can be pulled from late May. Bulbs have firm flesh with a mild taste and keep well until autumn. 250g pack.Shallot Yellow Moon – An attractive and tasty, round, yellow dutch shallot, with excellent skin quality and a low sensitivity to bolting, which makes it a good choice for autumn planting. It reliably produces a good crop of healthy shallots which whould be ready to harvest in June/July. 400g pack.Shallot Longor – An excellent elongated banana-type variety with copper coloured skins and pink flesh. Each shallot yields 6-8 bulbs at harvest. Very easy to peel and slice. Great tasting sweet flavour! Harvest June-September. 400g pack.Garlic Edenrose – A superb, high yielding hardneck variety. Bulbs contain a large number of easy to peel, rose skinned cloves with a strong flavour. (French grown – hardneck). 2 bulbs (12-15 cloves per bulb).Garlic Printanor – A reasonably new variety with large bulbs filled with plump tasty cloves. Can be planted in the autumn and in the spring. Harvest June-September. (French grown – softneck). 2 bulbs (12-15 cloves per bulb).

Grafted Tomato Plants - F1 Crimson Collection (6) Early May (2)

Grafted Tomato Plants – F1 Crimson Collection (6) Early May (2) £14.99
Grafting onto specific rootstocks of course creates bigger, better, more disease-resistant plants with increased yield. Consequently, we believe, the extra vigour which the plant obtains will provide even better protection to late Blight attack and the plants will grow away from any infection even more rapidly. Grafted Tomato Crimson Collection contains 6 Super Plugs (3 of each variety):F1 Crimson Crush – has the best tolerance to late blight disease we have ever seen! Plants can still exhibit infection on up to 15-20% of the leaf surface, but that’s when the resistance kicks in and previously healthy plants can normally grow away from the attack! For 2016 we are able, for the first time, following extensive trialing, Crimson Crush is available as grafted plants! As well as its ability to shrug off even the worst blight, Crimson Crush will provide great yields of exceptionally fine tasting, large, round tomatoes (each weighing up to 200g). Bred for outdoor growing, it’s the tomato that everyone should be planting this year!F1 Crimson Cherry …. All the enviable blight resistance of Crimson Crush, in a very early cropping large cherry type! Crimson Cherry like Crimson Crush has the best tolerance to late blight disease we have ever seen! Plants can still exhibit infection on up to 15-20% of the leaf surface, but that’s when the resistance kicks in and previously healthy plants can normally grow away from the attack! As well as its ability to shrug off even the worst blight, it will provide great yields of exceptionally fine tasting, large, cherry tomatoes. Bred for outdoor growing, it’s the tomato that everyone should be planting this year!Please note: There is a possibility that your plant will include a grafting clip, if it does, this is an integral part of the grafting process and that it should be left in place. As the plant grows it will naturally shrug off the clip.(Cordon variety – one stem grown by pinching off side-shoots as they appear, needs staking and tying in.) This is not just a blight resistant tomato it is a blight beating tomato. Never be disappointed with your tomato crop when blight strikes again. Ideal for the home or the allotment.Please note: With regards to the nature of the blight resistance, plants can still show infection (up to 15-20%) of leaves, stems etc. without effecting fruit quality or yield. The plants having the resistance to be able to grow away from the attack.TOM EXPLAINS THE TECHNICAL STUFF YOU MAY WANT TO KNOWThis variety is unique in that it has two resistance genes to Phytopthera infestans (Late Blight), giving it full resistance to all strains of blight currently found in the UK. So if blight spores come into contact wth the plant the infection will not spread throughout the plant.It’s been bred using natural methods and has been tested throughout the breeding process using Marker Assisted Selection (MAS).

Pea Plants - Ambassador Early May (2)

Pea Plants – Ambassador Early May (2) £7.99
Fresh or frozen , this ‘Onward’ type pea is high in vitamin C and tastes delicious! It’s vigorous, with a high level of disease resistance. Height 70cm (28).Easy to grow and now better value than ever! Why not give them a try?You don’t have to have a large vegetable garden to grow your own. Even the smallest patio or balcony can accommodate a few containers that will give you a bumper crop of delicious fresh produce!

Extra Value Plug Plants - LUCKY DIP (270) Early May (2)

Extra Value Plug Plants – LUCKY DIP (270) Early May (2) £19.99
Our lucky dip collection provides you with 270 healthy plants from our superb bedding plant range – pack of 45 extra value plug plants each of six varieties. What you get will be a surprise! This has to be the most economical way to fill even large beds, baskets and containers with colour. Varieties will be individually labelled. (Please note: Images used for illustration purpose only.)

Grafted Tomato Plant - F1 Shirley (1) P10 Early May (2)

Grafted Tomato Plant – F1 Shirley (1) P10 Early May (2) £4.99
Matures early, and crops heavily on short jointed plants. Nicely shaped fruits of fine quality. Resistant to tomato mosaic virus, leaf mould, greenback and fusarium. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Which? Best Buy. (Cordon variety – one stem grown by pinching off side-shoots as they appear, needs staking and tying in.) Please note: There is a possibility that your plant will include a grafting clip, if it does, this is an integral part of the grafting process and that it should be left in place. As the plant grows it will naturally shrug off the clip. Supplied in a 10cm pot.What’s so good about grafted veg plants? We are revolutionising the home grown vegetable market with our range of grafted vegetable plants! Commercially the grafting method has been used for some time, but we’ve developed them for the home gardener, and early adopters have had extraordinary results: Big increases in yield from larger, more vigorous plants Earlier cropping, yet with sufficient vigour to crop well later in the season Grow in the greenhouse or outdoors – little or no heating required Excellent resistance to soil-borne pest and diseases – no more ring culture or grow bags – plant straight in the soil Greater tolerance to nutritional disordersTomatoes – We have selected leading commercial varieties and some traditional favourites – chosen for their fruit quality and taste – and grafted them, under carefully controlled conditions. Varieties are listed in approximate order of fruit size. Note that grafted tomatoes are not suitable for grow bags. An improved technique for tomato grafting – Since 2012, all our grafted tomato varieties now use this new technique which leads to even earlier and bigger crops, with fruiting beginning lower on the stems, producing at least one extra fruit truss per plant during the season!

Grafted Tomato Plant - Gardener's Delight (1) P10 Early May (2)

Grafted Tomato Plant – Gardener’s Delight (1) P10 Early May (2) £4.99
‘Bite-sized’ fruits packed with rich, sweet flavour. Heavy crops borne on long trusses. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Which? Best Buy since 1984. (Cordon variety – one stem grown by pinching off side-shoots as they appear, needs staking and tying in.) Please note: There is a possibility that your plant will include a grafting clip, if it does, this is an integral part of the grafting process and that it should be left in place. As the plant grows it will naturally shrug off the clip.Why are they called Turbo? We have taken a selection of our tastiest tomatoes available and grafted them onto an extremely vigorous-growing root stock. Tomatoes – We have selected leading commercial varieties and some traditional favourites – chosen for their fruit quality and taste – and grafted them, under carefully controlled conditions. Note that grafted tomatoes are not suitable for grow bags. An improved technique for tomato grafting – Since 2012, all our grafted tomato varieties now use this new technique which leads to even earlier and bigger crops, with fruiting beginning lower on the stems, producing at least one extra fruit truss per plant during the season!More vigorous and producing larger plants. Have greater resistance to pests and diseases. Have less susceptibility to nutritional disorders. Perform well with less heat in your greenhouse. Yield top quality fruit over a longer period compared to normal plants.Our trials have shown that grafted plants are incredibly healthy and give rise to larger, strong-growing plants giving bumper yields. They’ll perfrorm well outside but are particularly recommended for greenhouse growing, where they will fulfill their potential and allow you to get plants off to an early start in spring without paying a fortune on heating your greenhouse.

Grafted Tomato Plant - F1 Shirley (1) P10 Early April (1)

Grafted Tomato Plant – F1 Shirley (1) P10 Early April (1) £4.99
Matures early, and crops heavily on short jointed plants. Nicely shaped fruits of fine quality. Resistant to tomato mosaic virus, leaf mould, greenback and fusarium. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Which? Best Buy. (Cordon variety – one stem grown by pinching off side-shoots as they appear, needs staking and tying in.) Please note: There is a possibility that your plant will include a grafting clip, if it does, this is an integral part of the grafting process and that it should be left in place. As the plant grows it will naturally shrug off the clip. Supplied in a 10cm pot.What’s so good about grafted veg plants? We are revolutionising the home grown vegetable market with our range of grafted vegetable plants! Commercially the grafting method has been used for some time, but we’ve developed them for the home gardener, and early adopters have had extraordinary results: Big increases in yield from larger, more vigorous plants Earlier cropping, yet with sufficient vigour to crop well later in the season Grow in the greenhouse or outdoors – little or no heating required Excellent resistance to soil-borne pest and diseases – no more ring culture or grow bags – plant straight in the soil Greater tolerance to nutritional disordersTomatoes – We have selected leading commercial varieties and some traditional favourites – chosen for their fruit quality and taste – and grafted them, under carefully controlled conditions. Varieties are listed in approximate order of fruit size. Note that grafted tomatoes are not suitable for grow bags. An improved technique for tomato grafting – Since 2012, all our grafted tomato varieties now use this new technique which leads to even earlier and bigger crops, with fruiting beginning lower on the stems, producing at least one extra fruit truss per plant during the season!

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