Re: Plant labels?
- Subject: Re: Plant labels?
- From: C* D*
- Date: Thu, 03 May 2001 13:25:40 -0600
I have fought the label battle for thirty years. The
only permanent label marker I have found is India Ink
applied with an old fashioned "quill" pen. Remember the
wooden pens with the nibs that you push in. Go to your art
store and you will find them, probably related to
calligraphy. But don't use calligraphy nibs.
I have tried the dymo labels. They work for awhile and
then you will find them on the floor after the glue fails
due to the sunlight.
I think I have tried every ink I could think of and
they all fail.
I have tried making two labels and then glued them
together on one end with the hope that when the outer label
fades I can still read the second one and restore the first
one. Alas in time the second label also fades.
Yes, I bought a label grinding machine for $600 from a
Trophy Man who had converted to the computerized version.
It's great but very time consuming. The labels will last
forever.
That's my experience. You takes your choice!! --Chas--
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On Thu, 03 May 2001 09:48:25 -0700
David King <greenman@ucla.edu> wrote:
> OK - I'm following along here, I have the metal labels
> too (still in the package
> while I figure this out) and I am very interested in the
> same thing as Nan...
> Has anyone any experience with using an engraver? Does
> it last? Is it easy to
> make legible, even for bi-focalists, like myself? Does
> it have a spell-check?
>
> Remember the Dyno or Dynamo (?) little labelers? That
> would work, but ugh, what
> a sight! The UCLA Botanic Garden has a METAL version of
> that - but still, it's
> not something I would call anything better than
> utilitarian.
>
> Nan, we could always get engraved plastic signage. I'll
> do that as soon as my
> non-profit foundation status is approved (at the rate I'm
> going, the IRS ought
> have no problem with me declaring myself a non-profit
> organization!)
>
> david - you can become a member, too! - king
> zone 24 in the flatlands of Westwood
> cash donations still accepted
>
> WaScott@aol.com wrote:
>
> > Nan,Since you're using metal labels would etching with
> one of those pen type
> > engravers work for you?
> > In a message dated 5/3/2001 8:11:00 AM,
> nsterman@plantsoup.com writes:
> >
> > << have finally (after five years of planning)
> planted my front yard
> > and need to label the kazillion plants that have gone
> into the
> > ground. I use Paw Paw Everlast metal labels which are
> terrific but I
> > am still plagued by problems with what kind of marking
> pen or pencil
> > to use. I've tried pencil (rubs off), Sharpie
> indelible (fades), >>
>
