Re: HYB:Hybridizing Kit (labels)
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk]HYB:Hybridizing Kit (labels)
- From: p*
- Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 21:02:59 -0000
Brilliant, Dana! What a good idea!
I have two questions, though: What do you write a number on them
with that doesn't become illegible? And "sliding one end" of
what "through the slit"? Itself? What keeps it from sliding out
again, unless you shape it in some way?
Patricia
--- In iris-talk@y..., "Dana Brown" <ddbro@l...> wrote:
> Ok folks, here is something for a laugh. We use elastic for
labels. I know
> this sounds weird but we happened to inherit some 1" wide elastic
with small
> slits cut into it. We cut it into 5" strips, number them and then
attach
> those to the stalks by sliding one end through the slit. The first
good
> part is there is nothing hard or sharp to scratch or damage the
pod, stalk
> or adjacent blooms. The second good part is they take rain, hail
sleet, or
> wind without disappearing or becoming illegible. To date we have
never had
> one disappear off a plant either. They only last about 2 years
before the
> elastic starts to rot but then we throw them away and move on.
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> Dana Brown
> Malevil Iris Gardens
> Pres. South Plains Iris Society
> Region 17, Judges Training Chairperson
> AIS, MIS, ASI, RIS, TBIS
> Lubbock, TX 79403
> Zone 7 USDA, Zone 10 Sunset
> d*@l...
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: kenny and kathy wittel [k*@g...]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:42 PM
> To: iris-talk@y...
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk]HYB:Hybridizing Kit (labels)
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: pinkirises <pbrooks@w...>
> To: <iris-talk@y...>
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 10:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [iris-talk]HYB:Hybridizing
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> > My various attempts at lasting labels (on the stalk) proved less
than
> > adequate, so I'm happy to hear about everyone else's for this hyb
> > season.
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> I am not a expert but I have used labels I made out of a 2 liter
plastic pop
> bottle. I take a bottle and cut the top and bottom off were it
starts to
> curve. Then I take scissors and cut the bottle open giving you a
flat sheet
> of plastic.Then I cut that into strips 2 in.wide x 4 in.long. I
punch a hole
> in it with a paper punch and put a bread twist tie in it.I use a
label maker
> to put the cross on the label(you can use numbers or what ever
system you
> use).The labels are light and don't hurt the pod(unless the kids
decide to
> pull them off)
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> Kenny Wittel
> north central Ohio
> zone 5
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