Re: HYB: when you run out of tag/labels...
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: when you run out of tag/labels...
- From: D* K*
- Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 18:20:20 -0400
>When I mentioned running out of string tags for hanging on 'future
>pods', Betty suggested making my own from pieces of plastic milk jugs &
>yarn. Walter suggested bits of trusty ol' Venetian blind slats.
>
>Betty, I like your idea of reuseable numbered tags, but am having enough
>iris-related bookkeeping problems already - I don't dare throw another
>layer of 'code' into the works.
>
>Any other suggestions for emergency home-made pod tags?
>
>Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
Two years ago (my first year hybridizing) I used index cards cut up
into smaller squares with the cross written in ballpoint pen (i.e.
"Thornbird x Satan's Mistress"). Let's just say that was a disaster!
Eight weeks of sun & rain (not to mention the biting, chewing, and
web-spinning bugs) rendered half of the tags incomprehensible.
Last year I tried the idea of the plastic mini-blinds with a number
written with a Sharpie (permanent) marker, then recording the
information in a notebook. Those worked great, and didn't fade at
all. I already started using them again this year. (You've probably
seen them in some photos I've posted to Iris-Photos.)
--
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6
http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/
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