Re: Marking pens
jwallen@blomand.net wrote:
>
> I wonder who out there has found a really good pen to use on iris labels. I
> have found a pen called Mean Streak which works very well. It comes in
> white and other colors, including lack. I found it at a local
> printer/office supply store. I use the white to mark on black pots when I
> pot up iris. It is like paint and never fades. But I can't use it on
> labels because it is too broad a line.
> Sharpie pens fade fast, as I found to my chagrin this year when I put out
> some seedlings marked with this type pen, and now some of the locations are
> confused.
> Has anyone found a good black pen with a line thin enough to write on labels?
>
Julie
I have an archive of email from iris-l on markers that I will send you
privately
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John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
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