Re: OT:Hybridising tags

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Colleen Modra said:

 

>>However I noticed that you had lost track of a considerable number of your crosses because of tag failure. I have found that the easiest, if not cheapest, way is to use 3x1" plastic twist ties that we label plants with. I write on them with a garden marker. This tag the stays with the cross right up to germination. <<

 

Well, we use a variation on that theme.  For some years now we have actually used the same tags over and over.  We have made up some nifty tags using cut-up pieces of venetial blinds (metal) and written in indelible ink a series of numbers from 1 to 100.  Some are doubled up.  We have attached to those tags long pieces of twine that are resistant to rot etc.

 

All we do then is use the same tags over and over and just record the details in a book.  The tags are impervious to weather (and sun bleaching the numbers off) and the book with all the details in it stays warm in dry inside.

 

Another thought for you to ponder.

 

Heather Pryor

i*@pip.com.au

Sydney. Land of Oz.