Florida Weave

[austinnhanasmom]

I have used multiple types of twine/string and the cheap stuff works ok, as long as it doesn't stretch.

My favorite is clothes line - wire with green plastic. The only place I can find it, locally, is at Ace Hardware - so expensive. But I use it for years and years. It doesn't sag or give at all - so where I install, it stays.

A well built weave will hold more then 2 plants between posts, and I've done 3, but prefer 2.

[ChrisK]

Here is what I use.

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Originally Posted by KLorentz

Would green jute twine work?

Kevin

[Mark0820]

I use the same twine as ChrisK. The bottom rows of twine sag a little bit by the end of the season, but overall it holds up extremely well.

[chastom]

only problem i had was with heavy wind ,you can lose somes leaves from twine cutting plants

[dice]

Jute twine stretches when wet.

[lycomania]

I'm pretty sure what I used was also Jute twine, in the Northeast. We get plenty of wet weather, but I didn't have any problems with the twine stretching and/or failing me anywhere.
That said, I only have one short (27') row of tomato plants hanging on it, with overkill U-Post spacing. So take that with a grain of salt!

[recruiterg]

How tight to you string the twine in the Florida weave?

[FarmerShawn]

This is my second year using a form of the Florida weave, and I have just used polypropylene baling twine. It's cheap, and doesn't stretch at all. So when I string it, I just get it as tight as I can conveniently get it (I use 1" hardwood grade stakes from the lumber yard) without worrying too much about it. A little flexibility is good to allow me to tuck in wayward stems that grow too fast for me to tend to in time.