Re: Re: HYB: dried up pod stalks/real tags

In a message dated 6/23/2002 1:27:49 AM Central Daylight Time, 
pbrooks@whidbey.net writes:


> What is the composition of the tags on your string tags?  Heavy paper 
> or cardboard?  I used poster board last year and found it decomposed 
> badly and the 'permanent' ink faded nearly completely by harvest 
> time. 

It appears to be about 40# paper. I use a Sharpie industrial marker (fat 
type). The ultra fine line sharpie will sometimes fade. Permanent ball point 
and graphite pencil will also work pretty well. I've not experienced 
significant deterioration of the tags from weather or overhead watering. The 
tags have a finished side (slick) and an unfinished side. It is best to write 
on the unfinished side if you can discipline yourself to do so. Snails 
sometimes eat the slick finish along with the cross/pollen info. In a slow 
year I still use 4 or 5 thousand of these tags on both daylilies and irises 
combined. In some years I used over 10,000.

I like the concept of permenent/reuseable tags. For me however, they are not 
a very practical solution. I rarely, but sometimes, record a lot of info on 
the tag other than the pollen parent. Remember too, I'm lazy, and would 
become somewhat frustrated makin' all the tags I would need.

Smiles,
Bill Burleson 7a/b
Old South Iris Society


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