Re: plant markers
>
> If you use zinc markers, I recommend that you use the kind sold by
>A.M. Leonard, where the wires thread through holes punched in the plate.
>By the way, I'm the one mentioned in their catalog ("One of our
>customers told us about these markers...")! I recommended that they
>carry the hole-type markers because the other kind (in which the plate
>wraps around the wires) will pop off the next time somebody kicks it. I
>can buy hole-type markers locally but the ones sold by A.M. Leonard have
>had the sharp corners rounded off, an added bonus for accident-prone
>gardeners (moi).
> The pencils and pens sold specifically for marking the plates are
>not weatherproof -- with the exception of the paint pen. It's permanent
>and weatherproof -- but if you make a mistake, you're stuck with it. At
least, I haven't found any solvent that removes the ink
I've found an even better method than using zinc markers. At the
local hardware store, I purchased some thin gauge brass foil, about 6
inches wide, at 50 cents per foot. This can then easily be cut with
a scissors to the desired label size and the name can then be simply
embossed on the foil with a hard penpoint (like a BIC), a hole can be
punched on 1 end with a paper punch, and the tag can be attached to
the plant or stake with copper or brass hobby wire. The name might
not stand out as much as with a dark marker, but the embossing in the
foil (if done hard enough) will last indefinitely.
--
Don Martinson
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
l*@execpc.com
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