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How to make plant supports for your garden
We realised that the same design that we have been using for cable tidies would work great as supports for growing plants. Just wrap them around the stem and a piece of bamboo and your plant will grow nice and straight!
Sugru Mouldable Glue is great for this project as it will cure flexible so not only can it be easily wrapped around the plant stem, it can also adapt to the growing plant!
Kit
- 4 single-use packs of Sugru
- Large board marker
- Soapy water
Step 1
Most plants will require a plant support larger than the size of our cable tidies so we would recommend using 4 single-use packs of Sugru to make yours.
We have done a nice bit of colour mixing to get this lovely blue, why not have a go at some yourself! Have a look at our Sugru colour mixing page to get started!
Step 2
Roll your Sugru into a large sausage about 1cm thick.
Step 3
Take your board marker and cover it in soapy water. Soapy water acts as a release agent for Sugru so you can form your coil support without it bonding to the pen!
Step 4
Wrap your Sugru sausage around the pen.
Step 5
Gently and evenly rub the coil around the pen to extend it. You want it to go around the pen at least three times to be an effective support.
Step 6
Tape the pen so that the Sugru hangs over the edge of a surface and leave it to set for 12-24 hours before using.
Step 7
If you want to make different sized supports just use different sized pens and the appropriate amount of Sugru (we used 1 single-use pack of Sugru for the smallest support).
