VELCRO Brand 91384 | Alternative to Twine, Reuse and Adjust with No Knots | Garden Tape has Strong Hold for Tomato and Vine Support |, 45 ft x 1/2 in Roll, Green

Yes, I could and have used garden twine to attach my tomatoes to their supports. This year, I decided to indulge myself and get a couple rolls of this. It's really handy to have around for corralling electrical cords indoors (I used to get something similar/sturdier at BigLots, sold with the xmas supplies). Double-sided velcro is also great at the end of the season to bundle up my tomato stakes for storage (aka lean against the side of the house behind a bush!): tight and tidy and upright.But back to this product. The thing is indeterminate tomato plants grow, a lot. You will be out there in the heat, snapping off suckers and training your plants to maximize production. It's a lot easier to walk out with a bunch of pre-cut pieces of velcro and quickly do your ting, rather than struggling with bits of twine that stretches out under tension or seizes up after weeks/months in the sun and rain. The green velcro blends right in so there's that aesthetic value. You can easily attach smaller pieces to each other to create a bigger piece as needed later on, and it's very easy to reposition this tape as the plant grows, so there's no real waste.I really deliberated (compostable twine vs. plastic), and considered how much I spend on twine (single use in spite of my vows to reuse...) vs this tape being usable for several seasons if not longer. I then factored in time savings and my comfort and the health of my plants (they do much better if I don't procrastinate in their maintenance, and if you know it's gonna go fast... higher odds you will go out and do what's needed in a timely fashion).Overall, this is the tidiest my little veggie patch has ever looked (I gave up on the Florida weave and am doing tomatoes as single or double leader on tall stakes). My peppers and eggplants are also looking great, also attached to their stakes with this tape. They need the support later in the season when loaded with fruit.I have also used other types of tomato supports (the white plastic "tomato trellis" clips and the green, spring-loaded "clothespin" types). Those work fine in keeping the main stem growing parallel to the support stake but are not as good if your stem is being supported at an angle (they will slide on the round stakes I use). I still like those for supporting roses to trellises and the like. Velcro is just more flexible (literally), endlessly adjustable and you can use two pieces in an X configuration if needed.So thumbs up--quality of life improvement in a roll :)

Excellent product. Keeps tomato and cucumbers safely with container gardening. Best solution I have found

Strong waterproof Velcro, low profile. Soft on plants - great overall.

This makes holding up vegetables easy. My husband thought I was nuts when I bought this but I knew it was a good move and now that the season has ended and all the veges are torn down and composted I am glad I bought this instead of string because not only was it easier to put on and move around but at the end of the season you just take it off roll the pieces back up and you are ready for next year and there is no added expense or waste. YEAH! I love making life easier.

This is a much better option than anything I’ve tried before to tie plants. With others you have to make the knot, while with this one, you simply put one end on top of the other and it snaps into place without any effort. I was very surprised at the strong hold too! It will not easily snap off unless you pull it apart. I also like that it has a very soft feel so it won’t damage the stems. You can also very easily adjust it to allow for expansion or growth in the future. I would suggest using a longer piece to allow for adjustments later as needed. Definitely glad I found this product. Useful for any gardener. If this review helped you in any way, please click on ‘helpful’ so I know. Feel free to ask any questions about this product!

I used it to tape my tomato plants to a bamboo rod stuck in the pot to keep my tomato plants off my deck, and taking up so much room. Works good, some of my tomato plants had grow so much that when I taped them to the bamboo, the leaves were clustered into the interior which does not allow good sunlight. Should have done this as they grew rather waiting to pull the branches off the deck as the stems do not want to twist so that I can cause the leaves to be on the exterior of the plant. But this occurred on only a few of my 5 gallon potted plants. And I will use this item on my watermelons which are growing all over my deck. And I will cause them to grow upward on a trellis and cradle the melons with some plastic to relieve the tension on the stem which they will hang from. Space on my deck has been the real issue, and next year I will know ahead of time how to deal with these sprawling plants. And tomato cages were a bit pricey, for my low budget fresh garden produce. And yes Velcro would have worked, this I will keep in mind next year. But this stuff is not expensive, but neither is Velcro, and I have not yet done a costs analysis of which would be cheaper. I think Velcro would be the stronger of the two. I am starting to get ripe tomatoes, Zucchini, and melons, which is what I had hoped for. And my hot peppers are looking quite healthy. Gardening is fun, and that is almost as good as eating the produce. Next year I will do Cucumber, and some other squash, and white corn, but the deer and raccoon are going to be my biggest problem and the deer will not come up on my deck. But the raccoons will. The bugs don't seem so bad on my deck, but I have had some caterpillars eating my radishes, but they are recovering, and I will be ready for them white butterflies laying their eggs; ya well soapy water misting, or some bacteria product that kills them from the inside.

I've used this velcro tape for a couple of years now and it is perfect and almost universally useful in my large garden, whether tying bird netting to PVC pipe cages, tying berry vines to trellis materials, wire or plastic, and it cuts easily from the roll into whatever size is needed. This week alone I cut a tiny two-inch piece to support a delicate berry bud in a loose "sling" to a tie wire, strapped the bird netting over a PVC pipe cage to secure berries against voracious birds, and pulled old tape from pruned roses to reuse the tape for newer canes. It is a great product that actually is reusable as advertised. It is easy to remove and reposition, too, when the need arises. Great stuff!

Works well to tie branches of plants to supports.

The velcro sticks good to itself. Good for garden plants.

This velcro tape is really easy to use in the garden. It has replaced the fiddly use of string to tie up all sorts of garden plants and it is re-usable.

Love this product. Reusable and easy on the plants

Before discovering this product, we've either been using zipties or wire in the garden, to keep tomato plants and cucumber vines under control.Love how easy it is to use, reuse, and reposition - far more versatile and sustainable than other methods.Perforations along the roll would have been nice, but a utility knife / sharp scissors do the trick.

Lo compre a buen precio, cumple con su funcion.