Cut up old panty hose into small strips and use those to tie tomato plants to the stakes.
They won't harm the plants and you get to recycle.
By MarilynLV from Indian Orchard, MA
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Use old, clean pantyhose to gently adhere plants to stakes while they are growing. Simply stretch pantyhose and cut both legs into rings.
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When you're gardening and you have vegetables that vine, you can get some wooden stakes (or make a trellis) and take your old pantyhose that you can't use anymore and tie the vines off the ground.
Take old panty hose, each leg cut into a band then snipped open make the best ties to tie up plants to stakes or trellis'.
