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Re: labels

I have metal marker that I bought from Burpee's and I had my Nephew make a
plant tag from his sign shop to attach to the metal bar.

I also use craft sticks and write with a fine paint pen. It works pretty good.
I use these for my seedlings.




At 12:10 PM 9/18/97 -0400, you wrote:
>What is the best kind of plant label to use?  I just bought some plastic
>ones, but if they only last a year that won't do.  Do the metal ones
>last a long time?  If I use metal, do I need to etch in the plant name?
>Do the metal labels pull out of the ground and wash away?  (My kids are
>likely to pull them out, but that is another story.)  I just put in a
>lot of new daylilies, and I want to be sure to remember what I have
>planted when they come up next year . . . .
> ----------
>From: Kathy Kennedy
>To: perennials@mallorn.com
>Subject: red stem mystery/ labels / seedbed
>Date: Thursday, September 18, 1997 10:41AM
>
>Hi Peter,
>I don't know about your mystery plant, but for writing labels on
>plastic,
>try an opaque paint marker,  In my area these are sold at Michael's, a
>chain arts & crafts supply store.  Brand name: DecoColor.  They come in
>broad line, fine line, and extra fine line.  These pens are like regular
>markers but have paint instead of ink.  The paint is readable a lot
>longer
>than Sharpies, a good brand of permanent ink markers available around
>here.  At work we use them on plastic and the writing has held up more
>than a year, outdoors.  I'm experimenting on wood, & am hoping the paint
>applied with the markers will hold up well.  For back-up, make a map of
>your gardens.
>
>As for the perennial seed bed, if it was me I'd just leave it where it
>is
>and hope for the best.  Mulch the plants well before you leave, without
>smothering them. I wouldn't put glass over it if you are going to
>be gone for long stretches of time.  If it heats up, you won't be home
>to
>ventilate the bed, and your seedlings could cook.  Next year, if this
>doesn't work out, relocate to a sunnier spot.  This is general advice,
>you
>didn't mention specific names of plants you're growing.
>
>Good luck,
>Kathy in  Missouri
>
>
>On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Peter Kourtz wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> I have a wonderful plant that I am hoping you will help me identify.
>> It is new to me this year and I do not know if I grew it from a seed
>> exchange or where it came from. Since I have five of them I think it
>> might be from seed. I have no idea if it is annual or perennial.
>>
>> It is three feet tall, with red stems, with leaves and stems whorled
>> in threes along the main stem. Each of these produce a flowering
>> branch. The flowers  are clustered and resemble a snapdragon with the
>> bottom lip being Burgundy and the top part a pink. They have been
>> blooming three weeks. It is not Turtlehead (Chelone). Does anyone
>> grow an Angelica that looks like this, as I have left over seed from
>> and exchange of this.
>>
>> Secondly I am wondering what markers you use to mark plastic that
>> stay permanent. All my markings washed out so I can not identify my
>> plants.
>>
>> Thirdly I started a seed bed about a month ago. I put it in part
>> shade but a master gardener later told me it needs 6 hours of
>> sunshine. Most of the perennial  seeds are up, some just breaking
>through. My
>> plan is to just leave them uncovered for winter and see what
>> happens. We get over three feet of snow here for good protection but
>> I am unable to cover them after the freeze as I won't be here. Has
>> anyone tried this? I could put a big window over them, not tight.
>> Would this help?
>>
>> Joanne
>> Muskoka, Ontario, zone 4 (and no major frost yet)
>>
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