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Green Reinforced Plastic 100 m
Green plastic-coated wire on a 100 metre roll: a metal core inside a plastic sheath. The wire bends by hand into any shape and does not spring back, so a branch stays where it is put. The coating holds off moisture and rust and keeps bare metal away from the bark. Cutting is done with scissors or wire cutters. A hundred metres is the working roll: enough to see a full low stress training cycle through without reordering partway.
Green coated wire 100 metres – the working roll for low stress training
Green plastic-coated wire on a 100 metre roll, built from a metal core inside a plastic sheath. The wire bends by hand into any shape and does not spring back, so a branch holds the position it is given. The coating resists moisture and rust and keeps bare metal off the bark.
Why a hundred metres is a different product from fifty
Low stress training consumes more wire than most growers expect going in. Every branch bent down takes a length, every correction over the following weeks takes another, and at the end of the cycle the lot is cut off and discarded. A full tent trained through to harvest works through fifty metres by the halfway point. This roll is for the setup that stays up: several plants, several cycles, no running out at the wrong moment. For one or two plants, or to try the technique first, the 50 metre roll is the sensible pick.
What it is used for
- Low stress training: bending branches down and holding them without damage
- Trellising: tensioning a SCROG net or guiding branches through the mesh
- Tying in to bamboo canes and plant supports, outdoors as well as in
- Hanging light items inside a tent, where the wire keeps its shape
Shipped from Belgium throughout the Benelux. Plant ties, canes and nets sit in the same catalogue category at plantandflower.be.
Will this wire damage the stem?
The plastic coating exists for exactly this reason: metal never meets bark. What does cause damage is pulling the loop too tight. Leave slack in the loop and check back after a week to confirm the stem has not thickened to the point where it is pressing against the wire.
Can the wire be reused after a cycle?
Short lengths usually can, provided the sheath is intact. Where the wire has been bent repeatedly at the same point the core fatigues and the coating splits, which is where rust starts. Cut those sections out rather than carrying them into a second season, and reuse the rest freely.
Does it work outdoors?
Yes. The coating resists moisture, so rain and high humidity present no problem in a garden or greenhouse. Inside a grow tent the same argument applies for a different reason: humidity there often runs higher than outdoors, and unprotected metal would corrode faster in that environment.
