[Fwd: Plant Markers]
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- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 04:58:24 -0700 (MST)
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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 22:43:14 -0800
From: "J. Griffin Crump" <jgcrump@erols.com>
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Re: A good source for plant markers -- I, too, am using markers from Eon
Industries, and am pleased with them. The suggestions for using venetian
blind strips are undoubtedly a good idea if you want to save money, but
may only be completely reliable in areas not subject to freezing and
thawing. Being a dedicated money-saver, I have experimented with both
plastic and wood, with the following results:
I cut 1"-wide x 4"-long strips from plastic notebook binders, label
these with indelible marking pens, and stick them in the aluminum loaf
pans in which my seedlings are planted outside over the winter. I must
check them frequently, however, because freeze/thaw will push them up
out of the pans.
Two seasons ago, I decided to mark the rows of newly-planted seedlings
by stapling the plastic strips to 1"-wide 12"-long firring strips (thin
pieces of wood) stuck 6 inches into the ground. There, thought I,
those'll never come up. Wrong! The following winter threw them all up
out of the ground. After sorting them out (thank goodness for mapping
the garden),the next problem came at weeding time. Whenever my sleeve
would catch a plastic identifier strip, it would snap off -- the weather
had made them brittle.
Well, as I say, I am now using Eon's wire-legged markers and they aren't
budged by winter's tricks. As a hybridizer, I like the Model D-10
one-legged signpost-style swinging markers since I can get a lot of
information on the two 1-3/4 x 2-1/4" surfaces. Their one drawback is
that they pull up easily by accident when you're weeding. If you want a
bit less marking area, but something that will stick tight in the ground
even when the neighbors' children try to pull them up, the two-legged
styles are for you.
Griff Crump, along the Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA jgcrump@erols.com
