Supporting your climbing plants – its worth doing it properly climbing plants
If you are considering growing some climbing plants this year its worth considering installing a good support system. Simply using thin wires and vine eyes is alright up to a certain point but consider that your climbing plants could last 50 years or more is worth investing in a more suitable plant support system. The GardenAdvice team use galvanised wire rope 4mm and 2mm with a small Turnbuckle, wire rope clamps and wire rope thimbles to guide the wire rope plus anchor hooks. It all sounds a bit expensive but using suppliers such as toolstation.com it costs around £6 for a small plant such as a clematis and £15 for a larger plant such as a wisteria.
Product links
https://www.toolstation.com/galvanised-wire-rope/p89647
https://www.toolstation.com/turnbuckle/p71374
https://www.toolstation.com/wire-rope-thimble/p70990
https://www.toolstation.com/wire-rope-clamp/p63506
Fixings to wall or posts
https://www.toolstation.com/vine-eye/p33859
https://www.toolstation.com/chain-plate/p78579
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