Whether your garden is filled with cucumbers or morning glories, you have to find a way to support those snaking vines. There are several ways to handle it, whether it be buying trellises ideal for your specific plants or DIY-ing trellises with water hoses, cattle fencing panels, or dowels. But there is one reliable and thrifty item that can help support your vines. Just head to Dollar Tree for clothespins. You can clip the vines to wire fences, trellises, plant hangers, or even the plant itself. Grab your clothespins and get to work. You can easily wrap vines around every inch of the trellis to use your space more efficiently. The clothespins allow you to keep your plant confined to a certain area, or they can assist with the plant’s appearance — you can make thinning plants look fuller with this method.
Dollar Tree sells different kinds of clothespins for $1.25 per pack. The Crafter’s Square Wooden Clothespins are ideal for small vines on young plants or houseplants. For larger vines, the Essentials Jumbo Plastic Clothespins can hold more than the small wooden ones.
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With several clothespins coming in a package for just over a dollar, you’re bound to save money with this method. It’ll also allow you some flexibility — when your vining plant dies or needs to be cut back, you can repurpose the clothespins for other tasks. Another benefit is that you can write on the clothespins to label your plants as needed, which can be helpful if you’re growing several varieties of the same plant in close proximity. Write the variety of the plant on the clothespin, clip it by the flower or produce you need to identify, and you’ll never mistake your plants again.
Clothespins work well because they have a little gap that will hold your plant vine without crushing it. And that’s not the only kind of useful clip Dollar Tree carries. If they’re out of stock on clothespins or you need something bigger, consider using colorful hair clips. These clips will have a firmer grip, which is helpful for plants like cucumbers and pumpkins that get heavy throughout the growing season.
