Re: Lables
We've been experimenting with clear laser printer labels applied to
white plasticized paper label stakes. We don't use the styrene plastic
plant labels, because they become brittle and break in only a year or
so. The black laser printer toner has been on some 'test' plant labels
in full sun, rain, snow, and freezing weather for many years, and
they're virtually as legible now as they were when first made.
We also map the locations of the plants. Our problem has been to find a
cost effective and time effective means of using hundreds of these
labels without the wind working them out of the ground and blowing them
away.
Dallas Patterson
nye@fidalgo.net
jgcrump wrote:
>
> Mary -- A belated reply: If you don't want to go to the expense of a
> labeling machine, I have found that the plain old china marker on zinc lasts
> for many years. Even after it is no longer plainly visible, the residue is
> still legible. The problem with the china marker is that, because of its
> waxiness, it isn't very neat, and you can't write as small as with some
> other media.
>
> Griff
>
> jgcrump@erols.com in Virginia
> --- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mary Carter Brown" <mccarbrn@janics.com>
> >To: <iris-talk@egroups.com>
> >Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 11:50 AM
> >Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Lables
> >
> >
> >> Speaking of tags. I have tried everything from Duc tape to plastic
> >tape, to plain zinc. Everything is gone in a year even with good markers.
> >I have thought of wood burning! What have others done? Mary Cary, MO.
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: vince lewonski <vincelewonski@yahoo.com>
> >> To: iris-talk@egroups.com <iris-talk@egroups.com>
> >> Date: Sunday, April 23, 2000 11:06 PM
> >> Subject: [iris-talk] OT: Presby Memorial Garden
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- Catherine Fulmer <manowar@vramp.net> wrote:
> >> > Just want to add my own $.02 on Presby... Do you have any
> >> > idea how
> >> > frustrating, even aggravating, it is to view hundreds and
> >> > hundreds of
> >> > really beautiful iris NONE OF WHICH have a tag???
> >> >
> >> >
> >> V. sez:
> >>
> >> I was last there 3 years ago, and most irises did have
> >> tags at that point. There were many that were mislabeled,
> >> though, and some labeled "Unknown". There were whole beds
> >> that were being devoted to new cultivars, and these
> >> appeared to have been labeled accurately.
> >> Presby does have an official policy of not labeling
> >> those that they sell, however, which limits the usefulness
> >> of their sale, especially for those interested in
> >> historics.
> >> I hope to get there again this year, and will post an
> >> update if I do.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> =====
> >> Vince Lewonski
> >> vincelewonski@yahoo.com
> >> Secane, Pennsylvania, USA Zone 6b
> >>
> >> "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest mind"
> >>
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