George Shirley wrote:
These were designed to attach to brick walls or dead hard wood. I
saw the use also a way to add lead weight to almost anything in an
environment under water. My toilets. Seems they are good for about
ten years here under water.
The he original use is viable too but I in my plant world I use
twine and these things.

I like Velcro ties but it seem the best were replaced with lesser
quality and now if I go here

http://www.johnnyseeds.com/c-225-tre...ips-twine.aspx

I find nothing of use.

At least my old stuff is viable for awhile.

We use cotton twine to tie stuff up, including tomato plants and other
veggies. Lots cheaper than any of the other stuff and is
biodegradable. At the end of the season I just toss the used twine
into the compost heap and it's gone by next spring.

Have also used torn panty hose, stretchable, knots nicely, already
been paid for once so no further charge. That goes into the trash
when it's worn out. On occasion have used old cotton tee shirts torn
into strips, those pieces get composted too.

I picked up a big roll of some kind of "twine" by the side of the road -
literally. It looked like the stuff used to fasten the ends of cane etc in
hand made baskets. So I used it to tie up a whole lot of things. Then I
discovered that when it gets wet it turns to sludge. Everything fell of the
trellises! Bugger.

David