Plant Twist Tie Roll with Built In Cutter | 164 ft, Plastic Coated

Why a Twist Tie with Cutter Beats a Bag of Pre Cut Ties Pre cut ties come in one length, and one length is never the right length. A roll lets you take four inches for a side branch and eighteen for a main stem off the same dispenser. The cutter is what makes that practical, because it sits in the housing rather than in your other pocket. This roll holds 164 ft, which works out at fifty metres of usable tie. The core is wire and the coating is plastic. That pairing holds a bend without cutting bark. Undone carefully, a tie goes back on a plant or a trellis wire and gets used again. Grower's Edge make this size and a double length roll, and the range comes in more than one colour. That matters less than it sounds until you start colour coding rows or feed groups. Plant Training Without Girdling the Stem You Just Tied Plant training with wire ties goes wrong in one specific way, and it is slow enough that people miss it. A tie put on snug in week two is a tourniquet in week five, because the stem thickens and the wire does not. Leave a loose loop with room for the stem to move and swell. Tie against the stake rather than around the stem where the layout allows. Walk the plants every week or two and reopen anything that has gone tight. A girdled stem shows as a swollen ring above the tie and wilting beyond it, and by then the damage is done. Use the tie to hold a branch where you have already bent it, not to force it into position. Where a heavy branch needs real support, a wider soft tape spreads the load better than wire does. Keep a roll on a hook by the door so the walk round is a two minute job. For anything that will carry fruit weight for months, plan on retying rather than trusting the first loop. Every tie is a consumable, and treating one as permanent is what costs a branch. Key Features Roll length: 164 ft, which is fifty metres Cutter: A blade built into the dispenser housing Construction: Wire core with a plastic coating Reusable: Undo it carefully and it goes back on Uses: Plants, vegetables and vines to stakes, trellis and wire Other sizes: A double length roll, 328 ft Colours: More than one in the range, useful for coding rows The main risk: A snug tie becomes a tourniquet as the stem thickens How to avoid it: Loose loops, tie to the stake, recheck every week or two For heavy branches: A wide soft tape spreads load better than wire Technical Specifications Specification Value SKU 800055 Brand Grower's Edge Product Plastic coated twist tie on a roll with cutter Roll length 164 ft, about 50 metres Cutter Built into the dispenser Core Wire Coating Plastic Reusable Yes, if undone rather than cut off Intended use Tying plants, vegetables and vines to supports Other roll length in range 328 ft Barcode 638104010337