Plant Training Wire Kits. Wire and Strainer for Plant Support

Stainless steel espalier kits with everything you need for supporting climbing plants or trees

Stainless steel wire plant support kit allows you to easily form a wide range of ambitious plant training layouts to your own design.

Plant Training Wire Kits

3mm Wire Diameter

Options	Wire Diameter	Wire Length (metre)	Wood Screw Thread Eye Bolts	Wire Rope Grips	Hook/Eye Turnbuckles	Code	Price (inc VAT)
2.5m Plant Training Kit	3mm	2.5	2	4	1	PTK-2.5	£11.82
5m Plant Training Kit	3mm	5	4	4	1	PTK-5	£17.14
7.5m Plant Training Kit	3mm	7.5	5	4	1	PTK-7.5	£21.58
10m Plant Training Kit	3mm	10	8	8	2	PTK-10	£33.77
15m Plant Training Kit	3mm	15	10	8	2	PTK-15	£42.28
20m Plant Training Kit	3mm	20	16	16	4	PTK-20	£68.54

Component Sizes: 3mm Ø Wire Rope, 3mm Wire Rope Grips, 6mm x 60mm Wood Thread Eye Bolts, 5mm Hook-Eye Turnbuckles.

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Introducing our new tree and shrub espalier kit, with all components based around the strong and robust 5mm diameter stainless steel wire rope.

Designed to encourage cordon fruit trees and large bushes or shrubs to grow flat against a support to create a stunning living sculpture.

Plant Training Wire Kits

5mm Wire Diameter

Options	Wire Diameter	Wire Length (metre)	Wood Screw Thread Eye Bolts	Wire Rope Grips	Hook/Eye Turnbuckles	Code	Price (inc VAT)
2.5m Tree Training Kit	5mm	2.5	2	6	1	TTK-2.5	£33.46
5m Tree Training Kit	5mm	5	4	6	1	TTK-5	£51.94
7.5m Tree Training Kit	5mm	7.5	5	6	1	TTK-7.5	£63.49
10m Tree Training Kit	5mm	10	8	12	2	TTK-10	£103.88
15m Tree Training Kit	5mm	15	10	12	2	TTK-15	£126.98
20m Tree Training Kit	5mm	20	16	24	4	TTK-20	£207.77

Component Sizes: 5mm Ø Wire Rope, 5mm Wire Rope Grips, 10mm x 100mm Wood Thread Eye Bolts, 10mm Hook-Eye Turnbuckles.

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Fittings supplied are designed to work together and are manufactured from high quality long lasting stainless steel making it perfect for your garden or any outdoor application.

This versatile system can be used to form a lattice as part of a pergola or canopy -

• For woody vines or plants such as Wisteria
• A green wall system for training of Ivy
• As part of a decorative façade
• Grapevine supports for your vineyard
• An espalier for fruit bearing trees

or for just about any plant support applications you could desire - the only limit is your imagination!

Each Plant Training Kit includes a quantity of the following items:

• Highly flexible 7x19 wire rope in 316 stainless steel.
• Easily attachable wire rope grips to form eye loops, in 316 stainless steel.
• Robust stainless steel wood thread vine eyes to guide the cable.
• Hook-Eye turnbuckle strainer to quickly tension the system in 316 stainless steel.
• Please Note: Rawl pugs not included.

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Make your own...

Get creative... You can make your own bespoke plant training wire kit to suit your own design.

Below we have listed all the individual components required, so you can add as many extra supports and end fittings you need.

Tip: For each single wire rope run we recommend using an eye bolt for each end, a minimum of two wire rope grips at each end and a turnbuckle to apply tension, you can add extra eye bolts for support on very long runs of wire.

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Installation Advice

Need some help? Download and print our installation advice sheet for the DIY Plant Training Wire Kit.

Installation Overview

Preparation

Support wires should be put in place prior to planting.

The wood thread eye bolts or vine eyes - which act as the main wall fixings in this system, are designed to easily screw into any timber surface, although they will also fix perfectly in to masonry with the addition of a plastic plug (not supplied).

1. Getting Started

It is a good idea to layout your design onto the relevant surface with a pen or chalk. Once fixing points have been marked out, drill pilot holes for the wood screw thread eye bolts.

2. Attach the Eye Bolts

Screw the vine eye bolts onto the mounting surface. Remember if mounting onto masonry use a plastic rawl plug for a secure hold.

3. Thread Wire Rope to Form a Loop

Thread one end of the stainless steel wire through one eye bolt, so that it loops back on itself.
3mm wire rope X=120mm, 5mm wire rope X=200mm.

4. Attach Wire Rope Grips

Secure the wire rope loop by using the wire rope grips.

A: Place the first grip furthest away from the loop.

B: Second grip is placed to create a loop, 3mm Wire Rope Y=45mm, 5mm wire rope Y=75mm.

C: On 5mm wire rope, a third grip should be placed between A and B.

Unscrew the locking nuts to remove the U shaped bar.

Simply place the live end into the saddle of the body and the U-Bar over the dead end of the wire rope.

Replace locking nuts and tighten evenly using a wrench or spanner.

5. Prepare the Turnbuckle

We recommend starting with each end of the turnbuckle half engaged to start with, this is so you can apply tension to the wire rope once fitted. Simpy rotate the central strainer body to release the hook and eye ends of the turnbuckle.

6. Attach Wire Rope to the Turnbuckle

Hook the half engaged turnbuckle into the opposite eye bolt.

Thread the dead end of the wire rope through the eye of the turnbuckle and loop back on itself.
3mm wire rope X=120mm, 5mm wire rope X=200mm.

Using a good set of wire cutters, trim the wire to provide neat and tidy finish.

7. Secure Wire Rope with Wire Rope Grips

Repeating step 4 - Secure the wire rope loop to the turnbuckle by using wire rope grips.

8. Apply Tension

To create the wire tension simply rotate the central body of the strainer until you have the required tension. It is important that you do not allow the wire rope to be twisted as you tighten the turnbuckle.

The Essential Partner Hand Held Wire Cutters for a neat and tidy cut.

Did You know S3i supplied this product to the family featured in the BBC One series 'DIY SOS: The Big Build' and was used as part of a life changing transformation to the home of a family in Rednal, Birmingham.

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