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.

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