RE: HYB: Question/marking crosses
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: RE: HYB: Question/marking crosses
  • From: &* <f*@q.com>
  • Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:03:12 -0700
We certainly live in different climates, Griff.  No plastic holds up through
our long hot summers.  I have tried the window shade markers.  They
disintegrated after one year.  Sharpie marks last about four months.  The
little stringed cardboard tags I get from Staples are almost indestructible.
I use the plain ones though.  They last better than colored ones.
I hope your seedlings are comfortable under their heavy snow blanket.  I and
my granddaughters will be transplanting mine into their prepared row on
Monday.  Some of the ones we transplanted this time last year have stalks in
them.  Weather here is beautiful right now.

Francelle Edwards  Glendale, AZ  Zone 9


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-iris@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf Of J.
Griffin Crump
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 12:58 PM
To: iris@hort.net
Subject: Re: [iris] HYB: Question/marking crosses

Hi, Francelle  --  I guess we often make decisions based mostly on our own 
experience.  In my case, the actual disintegration of some cardboard sales 
tags in a rainy season and necessity of replacing them convinced me to go to

vinyl.  My eyes also appreciate the bold contrast of the Sharpie ink against

the vinyl vs. the pencil on paper.  I also use vinyl  strips to label my 
planting pots, with info printed both above and below dirt level.  As I 
indicated, though, I'll probably try a batch of  the ones Anita is 
recommending, just to save time.  At the moment, I'm conjecturing more about

how the irises planted in beds along the driveway are going to appreciate 
this winter, after episodes of being buried under 3-4-ft piles of snow.   --

Griff

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