Best garden twine & twist ties according to redditors

https://www.amazon.com/VELCRO-Brand-Adjustable-Gardens-Gardening/dp/B005755YSQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?keywords=velcro+plant+ties&qid=1563540242&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1

Yield Lab Plastic Twist Ties Roll with Cutter (164 ft) – Hydroponic, Aeroponic, Horticulture Growing Equipment https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077KJ7DBV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_xKwNAbWR9CF85

And this

Silicate 7.8 Soluble Silica Supplement For Plants - Best Value Makes 32oz 7.8% Concentrate https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J2WVAM4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_sLwNAbHPNK2WE

Or stainless zip ties.

I can’t tell if this is a shitpost or not
In the case it isn’t:

Clean up the space over your desk. Most of that can go in a drawer or somewhere else

Fix your cable management. it looks like my olive garden leftovers. keeping with the garden theme, I use tomato velcro. It’s not great for looks but it’s $5.50 for 45 feet of the stuff and if you hide them well it won’t matter. There are plenty of videos on youtube for how to cable manage well, but iirc TechSource made a good video about it.

Clean up your keyboard tray. Just wipe it down with a paper towel or something I can see the dust in the pics

Pick up your trash. at least have enough decency to pick up the cans from the top of your desk because no one cares you drink pepsi.

If you took the time to clean up your setup would look infinitely better

I don't know why everyone uses weird shit.

I use Plant Training Tape.
That's designed for this exact use.


I can see advantages to using twisty ties or something but the training tape is best IMO.

You can easily tighten or loosen it and it naturally stretches a bit to allow the plant to grow.

https://www.amazon.com/Thick-Stretch-Plant-Garden-Green/dp/B00DG75DS8

I second taping it up. I normally just use plant tie tape but any sort of tape (even duct) will work assuming you take it off a few weeks later. With the plant tie stuff I just wrap it around the break and knot it since it's not sticky. Works great and will even give support to a branch that's dangling.

If you want bulk velcro, get it in the Gardening category. Half the price of the one you listed for 75' instead of 15'.

That's a twist tie. I found a bunch on Amazon, or you could just snag some for free from your local grocery store.

Just for your consideration. Zip ties are amazing in a final stage build!

If you ever plan on upgrading your PC though, I would avoid zip ties. Having to cut around all of your cables to add a sata power or an 8 pin connector for a new GPU is not only annoying, but potentially dangerous.

Go with twist ties, I use these ones. Just tie your stuff, snip the extra length off and move the twisted end to the rear of the cables.

This spring I started a garden on my deck in Philadelphia. This was really the first time I gardened anything seriously and I’ve enjoyed myself immensely. Skip to the bottom for the album of it all.

I primarily started my plants from seeds without researching how they grow:

• Sugar Baby Watermelon
  
  
• Burpless Cucumbers
  
  
• Sungold Cherry Tomatoes
  
  
• Campari Tomatoes
  
  
• Spaghetti Squash (purchased plant)
  
  
• Green Bell Peppers (purchased plant)
  
  I quickly realized that I needed to be creative about how to manage these plants as a lot of them grow out instead of staying compact. Once the plants outgrew their medium sized pots, I needed a different solution. The major unlock for me was finding CaliKim's container gardening videos on YouTube that recommended planter bags. She also has a great method of making cage trellises that work perfectly in the bags she recommended.
  
  
• Container Gardening Video (there are more!)
  
  
• DIY Cage Trellis Video - I followed this one almost exactly
  
  
• Welded Wire fencing for the cages
  
  
• VIVOSUN 20-gallon planter bags were a major unlock to getting this system to work. The mobility is awesome. The red one with the spaghetti squash is a different brand (Root Pouch?) and is only 15-gallons. I strongly recommend getting 20-gallons for vegetables as they like deep routes for the most part. My squash is doing fine, but it’s definitely been slower than the bigger bags
  
  
• Half-Pallets I got for free from work to help get my plants off the ground and avoid rotting and promote drainage
  
  With this starting point I was able to get these plants into a compact space and still be able to thrive. Because I’ve got everything on top of each other there is some inter-mingling but for the most part things stay in their cages.
  
  My deck faces south and with the egregious Philadelphia summer I sometimes have to water twice a day to keep everything happy. I have done a lot of pruning to keep the plants reigned in and not way overgrow their plot.
  
  As the project progressed I realized I needed bamboo stakes to stabilize the cages and my non caged plants, and a few other random items listed below:
  
  
• Bamboo stakes for stability
  
  
• Velcro ties to guide plants where needed
  
  
• Shears for pruning
  
  
• Garden Netting used to make watermelon hammocks
  
  The watermelon needed hammocks to fend off gravity in this system, pole around YouTube for different ways people have done this
  
  In my research I got disheartened several times because many said growing watermelon or cucumber or squash in a compact space is extremely challenging and arguably not worth it. At that point I had already started the plants and I decided to give it a try anyway. To my delight things have turned out very well, and I wanted to share with any other urban gardeners who think they don’t have enough space for veggies.
  
  Next year I would grow more cucumbers and cage them instead of stake them (or maybe both). For the winter my plan is to leave the bags and soil outside and see how they hold up. It seems like they are able to handle snow / excess moisture without too much issue.
  
  https://imgur.com/gallery/jCqiEQH

I would add...

Nite ize gear ties are amazing - so much quicker, easier and more versatile than using velcro ties.

Laser distance measuring tool and soft cloth measuring tape.

A proper focus chart

Shower caps, vinyl groundsheets, space blankets and umbrellas for weather protection.

Leather chamois

Domke lens wraps

I prefer these to noga arms. Nogas tend to lose their mojo as a result of people grabbing and twisting whatever's on the end of them without loosening first.

These clips are great as a quick and lightweight french flag holder

A selection of pelicases is always good, as are zippered pouches (especially ones with a clear plastic window).

Sets of 15mm bars of various sizes

When working in cold weather, silica gel packs (for lens boxes) are good to have

Ratchet straps always come in useful.

I'd say it looks fine though I would ditch that fishing line since it may cut into your plant. Get something like this instead https://www.amazon.com/16-6-Flexible-Tie-Attache-flexible/dp/B07BF678H9/

https://www.amazon.com/Thick-Stretch-Plant-Garden-Green/dp/B00DG75DS8/

This what you "should" use. It's made for these exact issues. However electrical tape or duct tape will work fine but you'll want to change out the tape as the plant will continue to grow and this could cause other issues.

I use [these] (http://www.amazon.com/Nite-Ize-GTBA-A2-R8-Assortment-8-Pack/dp/B00SHBO2Q2/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1453302480&sr=8-9&keywords=nite-ize) to tie on my hiking poles.

Think i found em.

Luster Leaf 859 Soft Twist Tie, Brown https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B00KA7JAIQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_M.BMAbRHKCC6N

Gunna have to buy me some

I just went through this so hopefully I can help you out and save you a little time. I wanted to attach my backpack to my rack rather than go with a topeak/ibera system. I tried a lot of options to secure it. Carabiners. S-biners. Lashes. None worked properly. And then I found these.
They make securing my bag to my rack quick and easy and hold very securely. Please note that I have a molle/tactical style backpack and was able to attach D-rings to tie on to. That may or may not work for you.

Otherwise you want to look at the Topeak or Ibera rack/bag combo for quick and easy attachment.

I have several Rubber Twist tie-downs that should do just the trick!

Easy to carry around, reusable, and tough.

I use this green velcro, you just cut the length you need and it sticks to itself and is gentler on plants than wire and easier to remove than tape.

What support I use depends on the plant and how I want it to look.

Thanks. Maybe I'll try that sometime. I bought this roll of paper twist tie at my local green house. It's over-priced, whatever. Black market weed is over-priced. The built in cutter works well.

Check out garden velcro. I use it for my girls in smart pots. It grips the fabric perfectly for LST.

https://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-HGST-Garden-Soft-Tie/dp/B0055F53DO

I like soft plant tie. It's a metal wire coated in squishy rubbery stuff.

You don't have to attach it to anything at all, and can bend it in whichever shape you choose!

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It also comes in larger sized rolls :)


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Edit: Oops, meant to reply to your comment, sorry OP.

>>What's your usual strategy? I've only done it a handful of times.

The plant will survive. If you want to try to save the one on the right you could try something like graft wrapping like [link] (https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07458YBHG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_4SgECbMSG0EDZ), the one on the left I have little hope for.

I've always heard them called twist ties.

Yep! I use these: https://www.amazon.com/Gardeners-Blue-Ribbon-T001B-Plastic/dp/B00W6EJ9IW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487188136&sr=8-1&keywords=garden+twist+ties

https://www.amazon.com/Nite-Ize-Original-Reusable-Assorted/dp/B00SHBO2Q2

Gear Ties work great for that.

You can also use plant velcro -- it's easy to use, reuse and readjust as needed =]

Coil the cord separate from the controller then put it in a Ziploc bag, should be able to get it pretty flat and keep the cord from going everywhere.

Edit: I coil the cables independently from the controller and then wrap them with one of these: Nite Ize Gear Tie ProPack Reusable Rubber Twist Tie, 6-Inch, Black, 12 pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SHBN21S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_6ioFAb3WRZ095

Be careful with using wire twist ties like that for plant staking since they do not have any give. Ideally want to use something like this that has a bit of stretch to it otherwise make sure the tie is loose enough to allow for growth.

http://www.amazon.com/Thick-Stretch-Plant-Garden-Green/dp/B00DG75DS8

Congrats on the fruit, peppers are by far my favorite thing to grow.

> When do I need to stake them up?

The sooner the better. If you do it early, though, and use any kind of restrictive thing to attach it to the stakes, remember you'll have to periodically loosen.

> What is the best solution for this?

No idea. I used 6 foot stakes and velcro last time I grew tomatoes. Obviously you'll need to support the tops of those stakes somehow.

> What do I take out the smaller stems to allow for just one plant or continue with multiple?

Absolutely thin them. Choose the healthiest looking one, obviously. Tomato are big plants.

Pics or it didnt happen ;)

Just today I got rid of the hard drive bay and the support lugs on either side by drilling out the rivets which granted me a lot more space. if you're running a full size gpu, that hard drive bay also scrapes against your gpu backplate so whip that drill out asap lmao.

I also redid the wiring today, and my psu cables are excessively long, so I folded the psu cables and dumped them above my radiator. i use a few small zipties to lump them all together in a loop like a spider's body, with each "leg" going to the mobo, cpu power, gpu, etc.

I also bundled each side of the front i/o wires (power button, usb, etc) into two distinct bundles and ran them along the perimeter of the case.

Protip: I prefer twist ties over zip ties since theyre so much quicker to get on/take off. I only use zip ties for my psu cables since cable ties aren't strong enough.

More pics

I think the Cm130 is not for looks but for ventilation and portability, so it's gonna kinda look like shit even with top notch cable mgmt and custom length cables. If you want something to show off your hardware, you're better off with a spine-type case like Dan case A4 or the ghost s1.

I recommend using something like this.

Don't use this, it will cut into the stem and can eventually cause the stem to break if you're not careful enough (happend to my NL auto).

This Cascade Stadium seat is the one you are looking for. I believe they are around $30 at Costco. I use the wire ties like these to keep it attached to my kayak. They can also be found for less at Walmart or Home Depot.

Get these, they are self adhesive zip-tie tie down points, but don't use zipties cause they are rather semi permanent and anytime you want to add wires or change positions etc. on your setup you'll have to cut the ziptie. Instead use twist ties so it's temporary and easy to add or remove cables. That should pretty much allow you to route anywhere on your table.

I linked amazon just for your reference but you should be able to see them in AliExpress too. They are fairly common items.

Better yet, the rolls of velcro tape where you can just cut whatever length you need. I use these for cable management all the time.

There you go:
https://www.amazon.com/100pcs-Plastic-twist-ties-Black/dp/B00YL13DO4

Yeah, it looks okay. If I was you I would get something like this. It would be easier to bend closer to the ends and adjust if you need to.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0055F53DO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My Monstera came like this and it was already vining which made it even droopier so I attached it to a moss pole with plant-safe velcro (this stuff: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0057567U0/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 ) zip ties work too, just make sure you are not attaching them too tightly, leave plenty of space so you don't cause circulation issues :)

Hey there!

Looks like you're too awesome at growing plant matter, check out a few solutions so it doesnt go it waste.
https://www.marijuanaventure.com/comparing-common-methods-supporting-plants/

Stake it up! (What I have done in the past with Sour OG that grew over 10 feet tall...indoors)

• go for plastic coated metal ones as they won't harbor critters like the bamboo ones - go for the 4 or 6 footers
  https://jet.com/product/detail/08824a0b9cb3411091a830e1bfa96225?jcmp=pla:ggl:NJ_dur_Cwin_Patio_Garden_a2:Patio_Garden_Landscaping_Lawn_Care_Stakes_Supports_Markers_a2:na:PLA_786356829_43563555520_pla-322477217235:na:na:na:2&code=PLA15&pid=kenshoo_int&c=786356829&is_retargeting=true&clickid=a9d07053-d4b6-4d83-853a-975e421b8abb
  
• buy the wider velcro strips
  https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005755YSQ/ref=asc_df_B005755YSQ5129446/?tag=hyprod-20&creative=394997&creativeASIN=B005755YSQ&linkCode=df0&hvadid=198097826602&hvpos=1o2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13420553475577930008&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9005556&hvtargid=pla-318772290950
  
  
• put the stakes around the perimeters of the plants and widen those girls out and open up the middle.
  
• I dont usually recommend pruning this late in the game, but perhaps some of the smaller branches could go for you.
  
• the stakes will likely break some roots going in, but it won't hurt the yield in any measurable way unless you stake right next to the stalk (within 4 to 5 inches is the no no zone).
  
  
  
  
  
  

Plastic ties. During shoots, it keeps my cables neat. For storage, i get to put everything back nice and tidy https://www.amazon.com/500pcs-Plastic-Black-Twist-Ties/dp/B00PVI5DAS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487559336&sr=8-1&keywords=plastic+twist+ties

I use these twist ties to keep my wires organized. Very simple and cheap, and 500 is basically a lifetime supply.

https://www.amazon.com/VELCRO-Brand-Adjustable-Gardens-Gardening/dp/B0057567U0/ref=asc_df_B0057567U0/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=194874485682&hvpos=1o1&hvnetw=g&hvrand=9467509342244569022&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9026271&hvtargid=aud-643191255296:pla-313308429766&psc=1

And i should just stab the sticks into the dirt? Or is there any secrets to avoid messing with the roots?

Also what would I tie them with? I'd like to not use jank shit like zip ties
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0057567U0?psc=1&pf_rd_p=f0e24a83-0500-4aa4-b9d4-231bcb12cff6&pf_rd_r=FRWQJHPG3EGBBZG4GP23&pd_rd_wg=ppUMI&pd_rd_i=B0057567U0&pd_rd_w=ij4sN&pd_rd_r=0572e4f2-6da5-4bd6-a5f8-569a3d1e60ea&ref_=pd_luc_rh_pd_luc_ac_b_02_01_t_img_lh

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You could try Gear Tying it to the back of your pack. You will just need to take your pack off to check it.

Have you tried anything like this?

Nite Ize GTBA-A2-R8 Original Gear Tie, Reusable Rubber Twist Tie, Made in the USA, Assortment, 8 Pack https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SHBO2Q2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_z9.2BbJAY59BG

Sorry about the long ugly link I dont know how to change them to look nice on mobile

I have child seat anchors on the back of the back seats of my Forester. I use a carabinier to attach bag straps to those, or some of these:

https://www.amazon.com/Nite-Ize-GTBA-A2-R8-Original-Assortment/dp/B00SHBO2Q2/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1542631267&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=nite+ize&dpPl=1&dpID=51mYXS%2Bnd0L&ref=plSrch

I like keeping a large Nite Ize Gear Tie wrapped onto my frame. Comes in super handy when parking my bike, I wrap it around the frame and front wheel, keeps the bike from wonking all over the place when I'm trying to balance it, lock it up, or hang it on my rack.

Yeah I think especially when the plant tries to reach for light they will poke into it. There’s special plant tape available for this purpose. Check this out, it expands with the growth of the plant. https://www.amazon.com/Thick-Stretch-Plant-Garden-Green/dp/B00DG75DS8?ref_=fsclp_pl_dp_2

https://www.amazon.com/Nite-Ize-ProPack-Reusable-Assorted/dp/B00SHBNE8E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487559743&sr=8-1&keywords=night+ize+gear+tie

These. I use them all the time, tying my tripod(s) onto my bag, securing gear to some large object, etc. etc. A million uses!