Tying roses and espaliers to horizontal wires (non-slip methods?)
 

I've got horizontal training wires running along a wall. I have a couple of young espalier pear trees and a couple of climbing roses to train. The problem I keep experiencing, is that if I use string, it tends to slide along the wire over time, rather than remaining where I tied it. Does anyone have any tricks for solving this? I wondered about crimping some small pieces of lead sheet with a string-hole drilled in it, but I suspect there must be an easier solution...

TIA
Al

Tying roses and espaliers to horizontal wires (non-slip methods?)
 

On Tuesday, 25 September 2018 11:42:24 UTC+1, wrote:
I've got horizontal training wires running along a wall. I have a couple of young espalier pear trees and a couple of climbing roses to train. The problem I keep experiencing, is that if I use string, it tends to slide along the wire over time, rather than remaining where I tied it. Does anyone have any tricks for solving this? I wondered about crimping some small pieces of lead sheet with a string-hole drilled in it, but I suspect there must be an easier solution...

TIA
Al

You can get hollow tubed plastic ties from most garden centre that do exactly what you want.

Jonathan

Tying roses and espaliers to horizontal wires (non-slip methods?)
 

On 25/09/2018 11:42, wrote:
I've got horizontal training wires running along a wall. I have a couple of young espalier pear trees and a couple of climbing roses to train. The problem I keep experiencing, is that if I use string, it tends to slide along the wire over time, rather than remaining where I tied it. Does anyone have any tricks for solving this? I wondered about crimping some small pieces of lead sheet with a string-hole drilled in it, but I suspect there must be an easier solution...

I always tie the string to the wire with a rolling hitch. It seems to
work OK.

Andy

Tying roses and espaliers to horizontal wires (non-slip methods?)
 

On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 9:27:56 PM UTC+1, Vir Campestris wrote:

I always tie the string to the wire with a rolling hitch. It seems to
work OK.

Thank you! Yes, after posting, and some further thought, it occurred to me that there might be a hitch that would work... I will definitely try the rolling hitch.

Al

Tying roses and espaliers to horizontal wires (non-slip methods?)
 

On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 3:11:01 PM UTC+1, wrote:
You can get hollow tubed plastic ties from most garden centre that do exactly what you want.

Jonathan

Thank you; I must look out for those! Meanwhile, I'm going to try various hitches that may do the trick, such as the one Andy suggested.

Al

Tying roses and espaliers to horizontal wires (non-slip methods?)
 

On Wednesday, 26 September 2018 13:15:06 UTC+1, wrote:
On Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 3:11:01 PM UTC+1, wrote:
You can get hollow tubed plastic ties from most garden centre that do exactly what you want.

Jonathan

Thank you; I must look out for those! Meanwhile, I'm going to try various hitches that may do the trick, such as the one Andy suggested.

Al

The stuff I have got came in a plastic bag as a big loop and you pulled out the length you want and cut it off.

Jonathan