VELCRO Brand ONE-WRAP Garden Ties | Plant Supports for Effective Growing | Strong Gardening Grips are Reusable and Adjustable | Gentle Plant Ties | Cut-to-Length | 45 ft by 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 :)

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 have a garden with several tomato (and other) plants in large pots. The tomato plants are growing like Jack & the Beanstalk. I must bind the rapidly growing vines and branches either to the tomato cage or to eachother in some fashion. I have been using the 'ties', which are bright green in color. They don't always hold, as the vines are continually gaining weight from the fruit growing. Occasionally the wire twisty ties cut into the tender plant stalk if you are not vigilent in tying them. I use tomato cages to support the plant, but still, as the plant grows, and the vines grow heavy with fruit, it is a battle. ENTER the VELCRO Brand Plant Ties. It works like a charm, supporting the plant as it grows. Just cut whatever size piece you need, then press the ends of the tape together wherever it works best for the plant. Works wonderfully, very strong. I've not had one plant vine or branch come undone when taped with this Velcro-like binding. And what I'm also loving is that this tape is the SAME COLOR as the plants, so you don't see unsightly bright green or other non-matching color on tying your plants up. I really love it!