RE: HYB:Hybridizing Kit (labels)
- Subject: RE: [iris-talk]HYB:Hybridizing Kit (labels)
- From: D* B*
- Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 20:57:50 -0600
- Importance: Normal
Patricia,
I use a Sharpie. They have held up really well. Slide the opposite end of
the elastic strip through the slit. I keep the slit a little smaller than
the width of the strip and when I cut them I actually cut them on the
diagonal so I can take one pointed end and poke it through the slit. The
elastic holds itself tight.
Sounds strange but works really well!!
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*@llano.net
-----Original Message-----
From: pinkirises [p*@whidbey.net]
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 3:03 PM
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-talk]HYB:Hybridizing Kit (labels)
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)
>
> Kenny Wittel
> north central Ohio
> zone 5
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