How to Make Clips to Hold Vegetable Vines

Use small paper clips to hold yarn around the plant and against the support. Take a piece of yarn or soft jute twine and wrap it around the small, new plant stem. Leave a 1/2 to 1 inch loop around the plant. Tie the ends of the yarn to the paper clip, then bend the paper clip to hang onto the support wire. This vine clip system should be temporary and only used when the plants are small and just beginning to grow. Plan on replacing these with stronger supports in four to six weeks.

Use a piece of fabric tape and a black 1-inch binder clip for soft support of small to medium stems and vines. Wrap a 2-inch piece of fabric tape around the stem of the vegetable plant. Tie the ends to the silver part of the binder clip. Pry the binder clip open and put it around the support. The clip will hold the support securely while the fabric tape provides a soft, irritant-free hold on the vine.

Cut old pantyhose into 1-by-4 inch strips. Loop the center around the medium to large stem or vine, then twist it into a figure eight. Tie the ends together around the support. Use a hair claw clip to secure the ends of the pantyhose to the support by wrapping the nylon around the support a few times and tying it in a knot. Place the clip so it gathers some of the nylon up and grasps around the support securely. This leaves the nylon loose enough to move with the plant but secure enough to hold the weight of the fruit-laden vine.