Winegrowers Supplies
- Vine Tying and Clips
Natural raffia: the best for tying new young growth, 75p per 50 gram ball
Finger knife:
for cutting raffia or twine, three sizes, £3
MAX Tapener: since 1968, uses flat plastic strip, various colours and strengths:-
Ties a plant with the squeeze of
your hand. One squeeze of the handle stretches the tape between the jaws ready
to wrap around the plant stem and support. A second squeeze staples the tape
firmly and cuts it off:-
MAX HT-B(N) 'gun', £34.95
Scrap Free model with the new
ecologically friendly mechanism eliminating tape scraps.
blue tape, original
MAX, £5.50 for a box of 10 x 26 metre rolls
blue tape, IMF,
£4.50 for a box of 10 x 26 metre rolls
box of 4800 staples (604E),
original MAX, £2.60
replacement blades,
pack of three, £5
Plastic 'elbow' clips Dia#24:-
for attaching fruiting canes to the bottom wire, easily releasable;
after winter pruning they can be left to hang on the wire ready for clipping the
replacement cane.
Also for securely fixing bamboo canes / vine support poles to the trellis wire.
We have sold hundreds of thousands of these, £33 per 1000
or Rebst#1:-
from a different manufacturer, £30 per 1000
Red plastic clip R#45 for pairs of wires:-
£15 per 1000
Black plastic clips D#6:-
for securing the main stock of older vines to
a horizontal trellis wire, after the bamboo cane has disintegrated. Easily
adjustable as the stock grows thicker:
208 mm long, £9.00 per 100 (some secondhand ones are available @ £4.50 per 100)
Unlike in the photo, I take the clip in the opposite direction so that the plastic
is between the vine stock and the wire.
EPDM rubber bands: with a hammer-head shape appendage at one end, used to secure vine stocks to stakes or
canes, and many other uses:-

Blitzbinder - these are like Tubex ancorfix:-
7 cm long: bag of 1 kilo (about 490) £20.45 / or bag of 5 kilos (about 2450) £99.00
9 cm long: bag of 1 kilo (about 300) £18.40 / or bag of 5 kilos (about 1500) £88.65
11 cm long: bag of 1 kilo (about 250) £18.40 / or bag of 5 kilos (about 1250) £88.65
or Fixbinder, similar to Blitzbinder but lighter weight, all sizes £14.10 per kilo:-
7 cm x 4mm: bag of 1 kilo (about 620)
8 cm x 4mm: bag of 1 kilo (about 646)
11 cm x 4mm: bag of 1 kilo (about 470)
+
12 cm x 6mm: 1 kilo (about 292)
14 cm x 6mm: 1 kilo (about 250)
15.5 cm x 6mm: 1 kilo (about 220)
Discount for large quantities: a full pallet, about 500kg, is 7.59 Euros (£6.90) per kilo, including delivery to you.
Prices shown are exclusive of Vat.
Delivery (by carrier or postage) will usually need to be charged at cost.