I've had a 1.5 inch nail that had soft lead attached to it. Theory
was to drive in the nail then fold the lead over the vine. Trouble is I
can't remember what it is called. Any idea?

PS Truth be known I use it for adding weight to my toilet flapper but
it was designed for holding up vines. Just got in from looking about in
my garage and found all sorts of things I forgot I had but came up empty
on the vine lead spike.

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
http://www.informationisbeautiful.ne...l-supplements/

In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:

I've had a 1.5 inch nail that had soft lead attached to it. Theory
was to drive in the nail then fold the lead over the vine. Trouble is I
can't remember what it is called. Any idea?

PS Truth be known I use it for adding weight to my toilet flapper but
it was designed for holding up vines. Just got in from looking about in
my garage and found all sorts of things I forgot I had but came up empty
on the vine lead spike.

Sorry to bother you.

just found

http://www.epinions.com/prices/Bosme...aded_Vine_Supp
ort_Nails_Bosmere

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
http://www.informationisbeautiful.ne...l-supplements/

In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:

In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:

I've had a 1.5 inch nail that had soft lead attached to it. Theory
was to drive in the nail then fold the lead over the vine. Trouble is I
can't remember what it is called. Any idea?

PS Truth be known I use it for adding weight to my toilet flapper but
it was designed for holding up vines. Just got in from looking about in
my garage and found all sorts of things I forgot I had but came up empty
on the vine lead spike.

Sorry to bother you.

just found

http://www.epinions.com/prices/Bosme...aded_Vine_Supp
ort_Nails_Bosmere

Bill, out of curiosity, tell me why you can't use string or strips of
cloth to secure the vine.
--
- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/2/maude
http://english.aljazeera.net/video/m...515308172.html

In article
,
Billy wrote:

In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:

In article ,
Bill who putters wrote:

I've had a 1.5 inch nail that had soft lead attached to it. Theory
was to drive in the nail then fold the lead over the vine. Trouble is I
can't remember what it is called. Any idea?

PS Truth be known I use it for adding weight to my toilet flapper but
it was designed for holding up vines. Just got in from looking about in
my garage and found all sorts of things I forgot I had but came up empty
on the vine lead spike.

Sorry to bother you.

just found

http://www.epinions.com/prices/Bosme...aded_Vine_Supp
ort_Nails_Bosmere

Bill, out of curiosity, tell me why you can't use string or strips of
cloth to secure the vine.

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.

--
Bill S. Jersey USA zone 5 shade garden
http://www.informationisbeautiful.ne...l-supplements/

On 11/11/2010 3:33 PM, Bill who putters wrote:
In article
,
wrote:

In ,
Bill who wrote:

In ,
Bill who wrote:

I've had a 1.5 inch nail that had soft lead attached to it. Theory
was to drive in the nail then fold the lead over the vine. Trouble is I
can't remember what it is called. Any idea?

PS Truth be known I use it for adding weight to my toilet flapper but
it was designed for holding up vines. Just got in from looking about in
my garage and found all sorts of things I forgot I had but came up empty
on the vine lead spike.

Sorry to bother you.

just found

http://www.epinions.com/prices/Bosme...aded_Vine_Supp
ort_Nails_Bosmere

Bill, out of curiosity, tell me why you can't use string or strips of
cloth to secure the vine.

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.

On Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:21:00 -0600, George Shirley
wrote:

On 11/11/2010 3:33 PM, Bill who putters wrote:
In article
,
wrote:

In ,
Bill who wrote:

In ,
Bill who wrote:

I've had a 1.5 inch nail that had soft lead attached to it. Theory
was to drive in the nail then fold the lead over the vine. Trouble is I
can't remember what it is called. Any idea?

PS Truth be known I use it for adding weight to my toilet flapper but
it was designed for holding up vines. Just got in from looking about in
my garage and found all sorts of things I forgot I had but came up empty
on the vine lead spike.

Sorry to bother you.

just found

http://www.epinions.com/prices/Bosme...aded_Vine_Supp
ort_Nails_Bosmere

Bill, out of curiosity, tell me why you can't use string or strips of
cloth to secure the vine.

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 use nylon stockings too. I bought a bag full of them for a couple
of dollars several years back. Still have plenty. They work very
well on tomato plants and do not cut the stems.
--
USA
North Carolina Foothills
USDA Zone 7a

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

Hmm, never thought of using stockings, i've always just used basic string! But as you say the plant can sometimes grow into it slightly...