For a pine tree, what type of hooks, nails, screws can I use?

For a pine tree, what type of hooks, nails, screws can I use to insert into pine tree without damaging it?? Is there a type of metal I need to use? I want to put up clothes line attached to pines but don’t want to harm. Thanks!

For a pine tree, what type of hooks, nails, screws can I use?
You can really screw or nail just about anything you want into a pine tree without damaging it.





The main thing to remember is the way a tree grows. It adds a lay each year and if you have a screw, eye bolt or nail in the side of the tree eventually the item will be covered by the trees growth.





It is a good idea to have something that can be removed and put in a different place as the tree grows.
Reply:stainless steel eye hooks you can screw into the tree.
Reply:You aren't going to hurt the tree with a couple of screws.





I would use a stainless steel screw because it's going to be exposed to the elements. That's what you use for decks, so you know that it will stand the test of time.
Reply:be more concerned with the sap that is going to come out of a pine. you dont want your clothes getting sap on them, because its all but imposible to get out.
Reply:Why put anything into the tree? Take a longer rope and tie it all around the tree at the height you want and then remove it once a year. That way the rope will not have the tree grow around it, if you use a piece of rubber hose over the rope around the tree, it will not damage the tree but will let the tree grow. If you must have something driven in to the tree, a wood dowel will do the least amount of damage, use a dowel of the same specie as the tree and it will be absorbed eventually, with little or no damage to the tree.
Reply:Zinc or stainless steel won't rust and hurt the tree.