Stretch-Tie Inc.

stretch-tie™ was developed out of necessity. i grew up on a commercial ornamental nursery starting on a potting bench like most nursery workers. as years passed i spent many hours using, fighting with, and fixing our tying machines, and hand tying was so slow. there had to be a better way… after several prototypes, and many years of patent work stretch-tie™ was born. launching in 2008 was terrible timing industry collapsing everywhere. even during those years sales increased every year, and stretch-tie™ is rapidly becoming a standard in many agricultural sectors. thanks for all the support from friends, colleagues, early adopters who believed in the product! joshua long stretch-tie™ plant ties are for trees, espalier, trellis, topiary, tomatoes, vines, hops, citrus, christmas lights, and more… stretch-tie™ is also degradable. it is made with eco-pure®, an organic additive that accelerates the biodegradation process of plastic products and plastic packaging in a biologically active lan