Plants and Driftwood

[Greg31]

What is the best way to tie down a plant onto a piece of drift wood? I have fishing line but it seems way to difficult. Any siggestions?

 

[fisher12889]

It seems most people use fishing line or thin wire. What kind of plants are they? That might help people give you some ideas.

 

[scream-aim-fire]

i use black sewing thread.

 

[MonsterMinis]

depending on the application.. fine mesh netting.. fishing line.. rubber bands.. really depends on what plant your useing and the type of wood your attaching it to as well.

 

[Greg31]

I am trying to tie anubis and java ferns to a piece of drift wood I found. Not sure the type. It just seem I cant get the plant tight enough around the wood for it to look right.

 

[Haberdasher]

I use 6lb fishing line straight off of my fishing reels

 

[MonsterMinis]

Ah.. chances are it won't "look right" until the root system kicks in and actually grasps the wood. tying it to tight tends to cut-off the plants growth and too loose... bloody stuff falls off. which is partially why a nice peice of wood w/ a plant already rooted to it goes for a pretty penny usually. it's time. I prefer rubber bands for java fern myself slipping the band over the tuber chain part and then slipping it snuggy to to wood. depending on the growth about 2 monthes you cut the rubber band off and the plant settles in nicely. better to leave it to long then not long enough.

 

[dwilder]

some use super glue it seems to work pretty well,but i tend to use fishingline it works well for me

 

[bob965]

If tying something to a piece of wood with fishing line is way too difficult, there isn't much hope for you.

 

[Sab_Fan]

If tying something to a piece of wood with fishing line is way too difficult, there isn't much hope for you.

OK, that may have been a bit harsh . . . but he's got a point, in that you might want to give fishing line another try. it works very well, IMO

I use fishing line most of the time, but sometimes small rubber bands can also work well, although they can be a bit unsightly