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Twine for hops?
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 8:19 pm
by jason.loxton
People who are growing, what do you use for twine? Where do you get it? Having trouble sourcing heavy duty jute.
Jason
Re: Twine for hops?
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 10:19 pm
by jeffsmith
Super cheap yellow nylon rope is all I use.
Re: Twine for hops?
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 2:38 am
by CorneliusAlphonse
Yeah I tried using natural fiber twine but it always snapped in the wind and rain. If the yellow stuff works I say do that
Re: Twine for hops?
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 3:56 am
by jason.loxton
Cool. Done and done.

Re: Twine for hops?
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 7:26 am
by RubberToe
I just use thin nylon twine / rope (white) from Dollarama. I may have had one break on my over the years (storm, etc) but it seems to be decent. I do new runs every year of course. The yellow rope would obviously be sturdier though.
Re: Twine for hops?
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 7:55 am
by jeffsmith
All depends on exposure I think. I live in an unsheltered, high wind area. Might be different if you got some wind break, etc.
Re: Twine for hops?
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 12:59 pm
by spears104
I use baling twine. Its never let me down. I bought a roll from the co-op years ago and still have many years supply left!
Re: Twine for hops?
Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 9:26 am
by Albert
spears104 wrote:I use baling twine. Its never let me down. I bought a roll from the co-op years ago and still have many years supply left!
Ditto.